Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance pump QepA2 in an Escherichia coli isolate from France.

ABSTRACT: One hundred twenty-one extended-spectrum beta-lactamse-producing enterobacterial clinical isolates were screened for the qepA gene. A single CTX-M-15-positive Escherichia coli isolate (0.8%) that produced the putative pump QepA2 was identified. This qepA2 gene was located onto a 90-kb mobilizable plasmid that conferred reduced susceptibility to hydrophilic fluoroquinolones.

SUBMITTER: Cattoir V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2565908 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature