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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 2948-2955Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2948-2955.2002
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Molecular mechanisms of multidrug resistance in Vibrio cholerae belonging to non-O1, non-O139 serogroups isolated during 1997 to 1998 in Calcutta, India, were investigated. Out of the 94 strains examined, 22 strains were found to have class I integrons. The gene cassettes identified were dfrA1, dfrA15, dfrA5, and dfrA12 for trimethoprim; aac(6')-Ib for amikacin and tobramycin; aadA1 and aadA2 for streptomycin and spectinomycin; and ere,42 for erythromycin resistance. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the presence of dfrA5, dfrA12, aac(6')-Ib, and ereA2 cassettes in class I integrons of V cholerae. Forty-three of 94 strains also had plasmids, and out of these, 14 contained both class I integrons and plasmids. Pulsed-field gel eIectrophoresis followed by Southern hybridization revealed that in the 14 plasmid-bearing strains, class I integrons resided either on chromosomes, on plasmids, or on both. Our results indicated that besides class I integrons and plasmids, a conjugative transposon element, SXT, possibly contributed to the multiple antibiotic resistance.
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