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Escherichia coli as Reservoir for Macrolide Resistance Genes

2009; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 15; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1510.090696

ISSN

1080-6059

Autores

Minh Nguyen, Paul‐Louis Woerther, Mathilde Bouvet, Antoine Andremont, Roland Leclercq, A. Canu,

Tópico(s)

Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Resumo

The plasmid-borne mph(A) gene that confers resistance to azithromycin and has recently emerged in Shigella sonnei is present in multidrug- and non-multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from 4 continents. Further spread of mph(A) to Shigella and Salmonella spp. may be expected.

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