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Table 2 Description of ESBL harboring samples and bla CTX-M variants found in investigated countries

From: Carriage of CTX-M type extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in gulls across Europe

CTX-M group

 

Denmark

England

Ireland

Latvia

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Netherlands

 

Samples (n)

158

133

266

424

280

425

695

217

560

 

ESBL genotypes (n)a

0

50

12

98

2

74

572

74

280

 

ESBL samples(%)b

(0)

(27.1)

(4.5)

(17.4)

(0.7)

(12.7)

(74.8)

(20.7)

(37.8)

1

 

 CTX-M-1

 

5.3c

2.6

4.2

0.4

1.4

3.2

2.3

21.3

 

 CTX-M-3

 

0.8

 

0.2

  

0.1

 

0.2

 

 CTX-M-15

 

4.5

0.4

3.5

 

0.5

1.3

13.8

2.1

 

 CTX-M-32

  

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.7

2.9

 

0.7

 

 CTX-M-55

   

0.2

     

2

 

 CTX-M-2

 

1.5

 

3.3

    

2.1

8

 

 CTX-M-8

      

0.1

  

9

 

 CTX-M-9

     

0.2

2.7

 

0.2

 

 CTX-M-14

 

8.3

   

2.4

16.8

0.9

1.4

 

 CTX-M-14b

 

1.5

 

0.2

  

1.2

0.9

0.4

 

 CTX-M-24

       

1.4

 
 

 CTX-M-27

 

0.8

       
 

 CTX-M-65

        

0.2

 

 TEMd

 

3.0

 

0.7

 

6.6

26.2

 

3.6

 

 SHVd

 

12.0

1.1

10.1

 

5.6

27.8

14.7

17.9

  1. aTotal number of ESBL genotypes (n) in each country. Note that some bacterial strains carried more than one ESBL genotype
  2. bPercentage (%) of total number of samples carrying ESBL
  3. cPercentage (%) of the total n the total number of ESBL in each country umber of ESBL in each country belonging to a certain genotype
  4. dPercentage (%) of TEM and SHV of the total number of ESBL in each country. However, note that a bla TEM and bla SHV genotype present in the same bacterial strain as another ESBL genotype could be bla TEM-1, bla TEM-2, or bla SHV-1 which are not considered true ESBL genotypes, but the original genes from which later genotype variants are derived from