Existence of a novel qepA variant in quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from aquatic habitats of Bangladesh

Existence of a novel qepA variant in quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from aquatic habitats of Bangladesh

Abstract Of 19 environmental Escherichia coli (n = 12) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 7) tested for quinolone resistance-related genes qnrA, qnrB, qnrC, qnrS and qepA, four each of E. coli and K. pneumoniae possessed qnrS, and another E. coli isolate possessed a new variant of qepA. This is the firs...

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Main Authors: Zillur Rahman, Aminul Islam, Mahamud-ur Rashid, Fatema-Tuz Johura, Shirajum Monira, Haruo Watanabe, Niyaz Ahmed, Andrew Camilli, Munirul Alam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Novel qepA variant
qepA4
Quinolone resistance
Escherichia coli
Bangladesh
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-017-0207-8

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