First report of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone efflux pump QepA in Escherichia coli clinical isolate ST68, in South America.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Dpto. de Microbiología, CABA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published: May 2014

This is the first report of the presence of qepA1 efflux pump gene in Escherichia coli clinical isolate from Argentina, which was associated to other plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants, such as aac(6')-Ib-cr and qnrB10 and also quinolone resistance determining regions mutations.

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