Chromosome-mediated multidrug resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.
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SUBMITTER: Chiou CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4291426 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
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Chromosome-mediated multidrug resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.
Chiou Chien-Shun CS Alam Munirul M Kuo Jung-Che JC Liu Yen-Yi YY Wang Pei-Jen PJ
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20141103 1
A salmonella genomic island, designated SGI11, was found in 18 of 26 multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Bangladesh. SGI11 was an IS1 composite transposon and carried 7 resistance genes that conferred resistance to 5 first-line antimicrobials. Eleven of the 18 SGI11-carrying S. Typhi isolates had developed resistance to high levels of ciprofloxacin. ...[more]
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