IncHI1 plasmids, a dynamic link between resistance and pathogenicity
Plasmids of incompatibility group (Inc) HI1 are important vectors of antibiotic resistance in both of the major causal agents of enteric fever: Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi and S. Paratyphi A. In S. Typhi, IncHI1 plasmids appeared in the 1970s and spread globally. In some ci...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2008-08-01
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Online Access: | http://www.jidc.org/issn1972-2680/current-issue/68-vol-2-no-4-august-2008/159-inchi1-plasmids-a-dynamic-link-between-resistance-and-pathogenicity |