Multidrug resistance is mediated by large plasmids carrying a class 1 integron in the emergent Salmonella enterica serotype [4,5,12:i:-]

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Apr;45(4):1305-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.4.1305-1308.2001.

Abstract

A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype [4,5,12:i:-] clone carried a class 1 integron harboring dfrA12 and aadA2 gene cassettes and bla(TEM-1), aac(3)-IV, cmlA1, and tetA genes located in large plasmids of about 140 kb (carrying spv) or 120 kb (lacking spv). Several segregants, lacking multidrug resistance, contained a plasmid smaller than the parental one and no longer hybridized with probes for the lost resistances. The genes mediating resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline in the [4,5,12:i:-] clone are different from those found in the pentadrug-resistant serotype Typhimurium DT104 clone.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin Resistance
  • Chloramphenicol Resistance
  • DNA Transposable Elements*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Plasmids*
  • Salmonella enterica / drug effects*
  • Salmonella enterica / genetics*
  • Species Specificity
  • Tetracycline Resistance

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements