Escherichia coli as Reservoir for Macrolide Resistance Genes

Nguyen, Minh Chau Phuc; Woerther, Paul-Louis; Bouvet, Mathilde; Andremont, Antoine; Leclercq, Roland; Canu, Annie

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Escherichia coli as Reservoir for Macrolide Resistance Genes

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Oct 2009

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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(10):1648-1650.

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Nguyen, Minh Chau Phuc ; Woerther, Paul-Louis ; Bouvet, Mathilde ; Andremont, Antoine ; Leclercq, Roland ; ... More ▼

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The plasmid-borne mph(A) gene that confers resistance to azithromycin and has recently emerged in Shigella sonnei is present in multidrug- and non-multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from 4 continents. Further spread of mph(A) to Shigella and Salmonella spp. may be expected.

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