Molecular Analysis of Fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi A Isolate, India

Molecular Analysis of Fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi A Isolate, India

Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A is increasingly a cause of enteric fever. Sequence analysis of an Indian isolate showed a unique strain with high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin associated with double mutations in the DNA gyrase subunit gyrA (Ser83→Phe and Asp87→Gly) and a mutation in topo...

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Main Authors: Satheesh Nair, Madhulika Unnikrishnan, Keith Turner, Subash Chandra Parija, Carol Churcher, John Wain, Belgode Narasimha Harish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Fluoroquinolones
Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A
DNA gyrase
Topoisomerase IV
antibiotic resistance
India
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-0560_article

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