Drug-resistance mechanisms in Vibrio cholerae O1 outbreak strain, Haiti, 2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;17(11):2151-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110720.

Abstract

To increase understanding of drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae, we studied selected molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistance in the 2010 Haiti V. cholerae outbreak strain. Most resistance resulted from acquired genes located on an integrating conjugative element showing high homology to an integrating conjugative element identified in a V. cholerae isolate from India.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Gene Order
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Haiti / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / drug effects*
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / genetics
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents