Article
Molecular characterization and typing of enrofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates of Mycoplasma gallisepticum.
Avian diseases - 1 Dec 2008
Lysnyansky I, Gerchman I, Perk S, Levisohn S
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of resistance to fluoroquinolones is mainly due to chromosomal mutations in genes encoding the subunits of the drug's target enzymes, DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, which are essential for DNA replication. The quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of these genes were characterized in 25 Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains isolated from commercial poultry flocks during 1997-2007, which...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Base Sequence
- Chickens
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Enrofloxacin
- Fluoroquinolones
