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SXT-related integrating conjugative element and IncC plasmids in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains in Eastern Africa.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2009
Pugliese N, Maimone F, Scrascia M, Materu S F, Pazzani Carlo
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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of resistance patterns and associated mobile genetic elements in epidemic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated from Eastern Africa in the late 1990s. METHODS: Self-transmissible genetic elements and associated clusters of genes encoding resistance were detected by conjugation experiments. Detection of SXT-related integrating conjugative...
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