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Characterization of Plasmids Carrying CMY-2 from Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant SalmonellaStrains Isolated in the United States between 1996 and 1998
- Source :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; May 2002, Vol. 46 Issue: 5 p1269-1272, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- ABSTRACTSequencing of DNA from 15 expanded-spectrum cephalosporin (e.g., ceftriaxone)-resistant Salmonellaisolates obtained in the United States revealed that resistance to ceftriaxone in all isolates was mediated by cmy-2.Hybridization patterns revealed three plasmid structures containing cmy-2in these 15 isolates. These data suggest that the spread of cmy-2among Salmonellastrains is occurring through mobilization of the cmy-2gene into different plasmid backbones and consequent horizontal transfer by conjugation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00664804 and 10986596
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs57148462
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.46.5.1269-1272.2002