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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 138, 期 1, 页码 86-90出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990331
关键词
Africa; quinolone resistance; Salmonella Typhi
资金
- National Health Laboratory Service
- Medical Research Council
In South Africa, for the years 2003-2007, the Enteric Diseases Reference Unit received 510 human isolates of Salmonella Typhi, of which 27 were nalidixic acid-resistant [minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) 128-512 mu g/ml] with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MICs 0.125-0.5 mu g/ml). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of 19 available isolates differentiated them into five DNA pattern types; multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis differentiated the isolates into 10 types. This level of genetic diversity suggested that resistant strains Usually emerged independently of one another. A 16- to 32-fold decrease in nalidixic acid MIC and a 2- to 8-fold decrease in ciprofloxacin M1C, was observed in the presence of an efflux pump inhibitor. All isolates were negative by PCR screening for qnr genes. Seven resistant isolates were further analysed for mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region of gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE. No amino-acid mutations were identified in GyrB and ParE; all isolates showed amino-acid mutations in both GyrA and ParC. We conclude that amino-acid mutations in GyrA and ParC in combination with active efflux of antibiotic Out Of the bacterial cell are the probable mechanisms conferring quinolone resistance.
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