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Characterization of small ColE-like plasmids mediating widespread dissemination of the qnrB19 gene in commensal enterobacteria.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2010
Pallecchi Lucia, Riccobono Eleonora, Sennati Samanta, Mantella Antonia, Bartalesi Filippo, Trigoso Christian, Gotuzzo Eduardo, Bartoloni Alessandro, Rossolini Gian Maria
Abstract excerpt
In this work, we have characterized two small ColE-like plasmids (pECY6-7, 2.7 kb in size, and pECC14-9, of 3.0 kb), encoding the QnrB19 quinolone resistance determinant, that were carried by several clonally unrelated quinolone-resistant commensal Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy c...
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