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Table. 7 Occurrence of CRISPR-cas among UTIs and DRC isolates of E. faecalis

From: Role of CRISPR-Cas system on antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus faecalis

CRISPR locus

Total (%)

UTI isolates (%)

DRC isolates (%)

p-value

CRISPR1

15 (10.42 %)

12 (16.00 %)

3 (4.35 %)

0.020

CRISPR2

77 (53.47 %)

39 (52.00 %)

38 (55.07 %)

0.420

CRISPR3

27 (17.75 %)

1 (1.33 %)

26 (37.68 %)

< 0.001

CRISPR1 + CRISPR2

11 (7.64 %)

8 (10.67 %)

3 (4.35 %)

0.133

CRISPR1 + CRISPR3

0

0

0

CRISPR2 + CRISPR3

16 (11.11 %)

1 (1.33 %)

15 (21.74 %)

< 0.001

CRISPR1 + CRISPR2 + CRISPR3

0

0

0

CRISPR1 / CRISPR2

82 (56.94 %)

43 (57.33 %)

39 (56.52 %)

0.528

CRISPR1 / CRISPR3

42 (29.17 %)

13 (17.33 %)

29 (42.03 %)

0.001

CRISPR2 / CRISPR3

88 (61.11 %)

39 (52.00 %)

49 (71.01 %)

0.015

CRISPR1 / CRISPR2 / CRISPR3

92 (63.89 %)

43 (57.33 %)

49 (71.01 %)

0.062

  1. p-value was calculated by one-tailed Fisher’s exact test and p-value < 0.05 was significant