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SUBMITTER: Castanheira M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855464 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castanheira Mariana M Pereira Andrea S AS Nicoletti Adriana G AG Pignatari Antônio C C AC Barth Afonso L AL Gales Ana C AC
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20070112 4
Among 144 ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil, one (0.69%) QnrA1-producing isolate was detected. The qnrA1 gene was associated with ISCR1. The QnrA1 determinant was carried on a 41-kb conjugative plasmid, which also carried a FOX-type cephalosporinase encoding gene and a class 1 integron with the aadB and catB3 cassettes. This is the first report of a qnrA-carrying isolate in a Latin American country. ...[more]