Diverse Fluoroquinolone Resistance Plasmids From Retail Meat E. coli in the United States

Fluoroquinolones are used to treat serious bacterial infections, including those caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. The emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) represent a new challenge to the successful treatment of Gram-negative infections. As part of a long-term...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Gregory H. Tyson, Cong Li, Chih-Hao Hsu, Sonya Bodeis-Jones, Patrick F. McDermott
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Subjects:	PacBio antimicrobial resistance Escherichia coli plasmids fluoroquinolones
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02826/full