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Molecular study of quinolone resistance mechanisms and clonal relationship of Salmonella enterica clinical isolates.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Feb 2014
Ballesté-Delpierre Clara, Solé Mar, Domènech Òscar, Borrell Jordi, Vila Jordi, Fàbrega Anna
Abstract excerpt
In the last few years, the number of Salmonella enterica strains resistant to nalidixic acid has steadily increased. In a previous study, the quinolone susceptibility phenotype and genotype of 38 S. enterica clinical isolates (19 S. enterica serovar Typhimurium and 19 S. enterica serovar Enteritidis) were determined. Forty-two percent of the isolates showed nalidixic acid resistance associated with a mutation in...
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