Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Salmonella from South Africa

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Oct;58(Pt 10):1393-1394. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.009621-0. Epub 2009 Jun 18.

Authors

Nevashan Govender¹, Anthony M Smith^{2

1}, Alan S Karstaedt^{3

2}, Karen H Keddy^{2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 19541785
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009621-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Female
Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Mutation
R Factors / genetics
Salmonella Infections / drug therapy*
Salmonella Infections / microbiology*
Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*
Salmonella typhimurium / genetics*
Salmonella typhimurium / isolation & purification
South Africa

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Fluoroquinolones
Ciprofloxacin