Characterization and chromosomal mapping of antimicrobial resistance genes in Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium.

ABSTRACT: Two hundred and twenty-six Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolates were examined for the presence of integron-associated gene cassettes. All but two of the non-DT104 isolates, together with DT104 isolates, contained gene cassettes. Amplicons of 1.5 kbp each were found in two non-DT104 isolates, encoding a dhfrI gene (trimethoprim resistance) linked to an aadA gene (streptomycin and spectinomycin resistance), by site-specific recombination. DT104 isolates of resistance (R) type ACSSuT possessed the recently described 1.0- and 1.2-kbp gene cassettes. Macrorestriction analysis with XbaI and DNA probing mapped ant(3")-1a, bla(PSE-1), and dhfrI genes to large multiresistant gene clusters in a DT170a isolate and a DT193 isolate. In contrast, all DT104 isolates (R-type ACSSuT) possessed

SUBMITTER: Daly M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC92389 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature