Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants in association with β-lactamases, 16S rRNA methylase genes and integrons amongst clinical isolates of Shigella flexneri

J Med Microbiol. 2012 Aug;61(Pt 8):1174-1176. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.042580-0. Epub 2012 May 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Integrons
  • Methyltransferases / genetics*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Typing
  • Plasmids*
  • Prevalence
  • Quinolones / pharmacology*
  • Shigella flexneri / drug effects*
  • Shigella flexneri / enzymology
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics
  • Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Quinolones
  • Methyltransferases
  • rRNA (adenosine-O-2'-)methyltransferase
  • beta-Lactamases