Integron-Associated Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi from Asia
Open Access
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 47 (4) , 1427-1429
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.47.4.1427-1429.2003
Abstract
Eighteen of 25 isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi were multidrug resistant and contained class 1 integrons with a single cassette, dfrVII or aadA1 . The dfrVII -containing integron was likely borne on an IncHI1 plasmid. Salmonella serovar Typhi could become resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins by integrating cassettes, such as veb-1 , a common cassette in Asia.Keywords
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