Open AccessInterbacterial Transfer of R Factor in Humans
Author(s) -
Harold C. Neu,
P Huber,
Elaine B. Winshell
Publication year - 1973
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.3.5.542
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , tetracycline , ampicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , streptomycin , chloramphenicol , biology , escherichia coli , amp resistance , shigella sonnei , shigella , strain (injury) , shigellosis , proteus , shigella flexneri , antibiotics , genetics , anatomy , gene
In vivo interbacterial transfer of R factor was observed in two patients. Resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin, and chloramphenicol was transferred fromEscherichia coli in the intestine of a patient with shigellosis to aShigella sonnei strain. In a second patient with partial ureteral obstruction, a resistantE. coli strain transferred ampicillin, tetracycline, and streptomycin resistance to aProteus mirabilis strain.