In vivo selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli isolates expressing plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance and expanded-spectrum beta-lactamase

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Apr;50(4):1525-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1525-1527.2006.

Abstract

A ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolate, isolate 1B, was obtained from a urinary specimen of a Canadian patient treated with norfloxacin for infection due to a ciprofloxacin-susceptible isolate, isolate 1A. Both isolates harbored a plasmid-encoded sul1-type integron with qnrA1 and blaVEB-1 genes. Isolate 1B had amino acid substitutions in gyrase and topoisomerase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Base Sequence
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ091243