Article
Indications of in vivo transfer of an epidemic R plasmid from Salmonella enteritidis to Escherichia coli of the normal human gut flora.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1996
Balis E, Vatopoulos A C, Kanelopoulou M, Mainas E, Hatzoudis G, Kontogianni V, Malamou-Lada H, Kitsou-Kiriakopoulou S, Kalapothaki V
Abstract excerpt
The presence of conjugative R plasmids as well as the possible similarities among them were studied in nine ampicillin-resistant Salmonella enteritidis isolates and nine ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from the normal fecal flora that were simultaneously isolated from nine epidemio...
Topics
- Ampicillin Resistance
- Animals
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Digestive System
- Escherichia coli
- Feces
- Humans
- Phenotype
- R Factors
- Salmonella enteritidis
- Virulence