Transfer of quinolone resistance gene qnrA1 to Escherichia coli through a 50 kb conjugative plasmid resulting from the splitting of a 300 kb plasmid

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1627-1634

  Garza Ramos, Ulises ^a   Barrios, Humberto ^a   Hernandez Vargas, Maria Jose ^a   Rojas Moreno, Teresa ^a   Reyna Flores, Fernando ^a   Tinoco, Perla ^a   Othon, Victor ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^b   Nordmann, Patrice ^b   Cattoir, Vincent ^c   Ruiz Palacios, Guillermo ^d   Fernandez, Jose Luis ^e,g   Santamaria, Rosa Isela ^e   Bustos, Patricia ^e   Castro, Natividad ^f   Silva Sanchez, Jesus ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d Laboratorio de Patología Experimental   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CTX M 15; ESBLs; PMQR; qnr; Resistance transfer

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MATING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PSZ50 PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUINOLONES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862667040     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks123     Document Type: Article

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