Prevalence of qnr and aac(6’)-Ib-cr Genes in Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella Pneumoniae from Imam Hussein Hospital in Tehran

Background: Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) has been shown to play an important role in resistance not only to quinolones, but also β-lactams and aminoglycosides. In fact, qnr genes are frequently carried along with β-lactamase determinants on the same plasmids. We studied the prevalenc...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Eftekhar, Seyed Mohsen Seyedpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2015-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/205