Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance pump QepA2 in an Escherichia coli isolate from France
Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance pump QepA2 in an Escherichia coli isolate from France
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.00638-08
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发表时间:
2008-10-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Nordmann, Patrice
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作者:
Cattoir, Vincent;Poirel, Laurent;Nordmann, Patrice
One hundred twenty-one extended-spectrum beta-lactamse-producing enterobacterial clinical isolates were screened for the qepA gene. A single CTX-M-15-positive Escherichia coli isolate (0.8%) that produced the putative pump QepA2 was identified. This qepA2 gene was located onto a 90-kb mobilizable plasmid that conferred reduced susceptibility to hydrophilic fluoroquinolones.