Identification and Characterization of Conjugative Plasmids That Encode Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Salmonella
Author(s) -
Kaichao Chen,
Ning Dong,
Shaohua Zhao,
Lizhang Liu,
Ruichao Li,
Miaomiao Xie,
Dachuan Lin,
Edward WaiChi Chan,
Jianghong Meng,
Patrick F. McDermott,
Sheng Chen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00575-18
Subject(s) - plasmid , salmonella , ciprofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , escherichia coli , enterobacteriaceae , genetics , antibiotic resistance , gene , bacteria , antibiotics
This study aimed to characterize novel conjugative plasmids that encode transferable ciprofloxacin resistance inSalmonella . In this study, 157 nonduplicatedSalmonella isolates were recovered from food products, of which 55 were found to be resistant to ciprofloxacin.
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