Article
Molecular basis of quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli from wild birds.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Jul 2004
Jiménez Gómez P A, García de los Rios J E, Rojas Mendoza A, de Pedro Ramonet P, García Albiach R, Reche Sainz M P
Abstract excerpt
Nine quinolone resistant (minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] was > 32 microg/mL for nalidixic acid, > 1 microg/mL for ciprofloxacin) isolates of Escherichia coli have been found in wild birds with septicemia. All of the isolates were aerobactin positive. The mechanisms of resistance were characterised by sequencing the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE genes....
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Bird Diseases
- Birds
- DNA Primers
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Fluoroquinolones
- Genes, Bacterial
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sepsis