Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and integrons in Escherichia Coli from Punjab, Pakistan
Braz. j. microbiol
;
42(2): 462-466, Apr.-June 2011. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-589990
ABSTRACT
Antimicrobial resistance was studied in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine samples of 457 patients suffering from urinary tract infection. High prevalence of class 1 integrons (43.56 percent), sulfamethoxazole resistance genes sul1 (45.54 percent) and sul2 (51.48 percent) along with occurrence of quinolone resistance genes was detected in multi drug resistance isolates.
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Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2011
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Article
Affiliation country:
Pakistan
Institution/Affiliation country:
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology/PK
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