Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control113845242631783Research ArticleExpanding drug resistance through integron acquisition by IncFI plasmids of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium.CarattoliA.alecara@iss.itVillaL.PezzellaC.BordiE.ViscaP.Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.May-Jun200173444447

We conducted a 30-year retrospective analysis of IncFI plasmids from Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium. These plasmids have been associated with the emergence of epidemic clones of multidrug-resistant Salmonella. Molecular and genetic evidence indicates that IncFI plasmids are evolving through sequential acquisition of integrons carrying different arrays of antibiotic- resistance genes.