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Table 2 Isolation of qacE positive MDRAB from different clinical specimens

From: Extremely high prevalence of antiseptic resistant Quaternary Ammonium Compound E gene among clinical isolates of multiple drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Malaysia

Clinical specimens

qacE positive (n = 89)

P value

Tracheal aspirate

16 (18%)

>0.05

Wound swabs

33 (37%)

>0.05

Tissue

10 (11.2%)

>0.05

Blood

4 (4.5%)

>0.05

Urine

13 (14.6%)

>0.05

Sputum

6 (6.8%)

>0.05

Others

7 (7.9%)

>0.05