SXT-related integrating conjugative element and IncC plasmids in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains in Eastern Africa
Author(s) -
Nicola Pugliese,
Francesco Maimone,
Maria Scrascia,
S. F. Materu,
Carlo Pazzani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn542
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , el tor , biology , cholera , microbiology and biotechnology , streptomycin , antibiotic resistance , sulfamethoxazole , plasmid , trimethoprim , multiple drug resistance , mobile genetic elements , virology , genetics , chloramphenicol , gene , drug resistance , antibiotics , bacteria
The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of resistance patterns and associated mobile genetic elements in epidemic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated from Eastern Africa in the late 1990s.
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