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Case Reports
. 2014 May;79(1):70-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.01.007. Epub 2014 Jan 24.

First report of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone efflux pump QepA in Escherichia coli clinical isolate ST68, in South America

Giovanna Rincón  1 , Marcela Radice  2 , Marta Giovanakis  3 , Jose A Di Conza  4 , Gabriel Gutkind  2
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First report of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone efflux pump QepA in Escherichia coli clinical isolate ST68, in South America

Giovanna Rincón et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 May.

Abstract

This is the first report of the presence of qepA1 efflux pump gene in Escherichia coli clinical isolate from Argentina, which was associated to other plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants, such as aac(6')-Ib-cr and qnrB10 and also quinolone resistance determining regions mutations.

Keywords: Fluoroquinolone resistance; PMQR; QRDR; qepA.

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