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. 2007 Apr;51(4):1527-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00780-06. Epub 2007 Jan 12.

First report of plasmid-mediated qnrA1 in a ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain in Latin America

Mariana Castanheira  1 , Andrea S Pereira, Adriana G Nicoletti, Antônio C C Pignatari, Afonso L Barth, Ana C Gales
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First report of plasmid-mediated qnrA1 in a ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain in Latin America

Mariana Castanheira et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Among 144 ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil, one (0.69%) QnrA1-producing isolate was detected. The qnrA1 gene was associated with ISCR1. The QnrA1 determinant was carried on a 41-kb conjugative plasmid, which also carried a FOX-type cephalosporinase encoding gene and a class 1 integron with the aadB and catB3 cassettes. This is the first report of a qnrA-carrying isolate in a Latin American country.

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