Insight into carbapenem resistance and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii from a children’s medical centre in eastern China

Table 4 Analysis of virulence gene detection in this study

Virulence genes	Number of strains detected (n)				Detection rate (%)
Virulence genes	ICU	Other wards ^*		Total	Detection rate (%)
Outer membrane protein gene
ompA	65		12	77	100
Iron acquisition system gene
basJ	65		12	77	100
Phospholipase D gene
plcD	65		12	77	100
Quorum sensing system regulating genes
abaI	65		12	77	100
Biofilm forming gene
csuA	65		12	77	100
adeH	64		12	76	98.70
pgaA	64		12	76	98.70
Capsule positive phenotype gene
ptk	61		12	73	94.80

^{*Notes: Other wards include the Departments of Haematology, Neonatology, Urology, Respiratory, and General sugery}

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