Title
High prevalence of qnr genes in commensal enterobacteria from healthy children in Peru and Bolivia
Date Issued
01 June 2009
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pallecchi L.
Riccobono E.
Mantella A.
Bartalesi F.
Sennati S.
Gamboa H.
Bartoloni A.
Rossolini G.M.
Abstract
A remarkable prevalence of qnrB (54%) and, at a lower level, of qnrS (14%) was discovered in pools of commensal enterobacteria from 310 healthy children living in Peru and Bolivia, using a metagenomic approach. Analysis of randomly selected enterobacterial pools revealed that qnrB was mainly carried by Escherichia coli and qnrS by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Investigation of 11 qnrB-positive isolates and 9 qnrS-positive isolates revealed the presence of plasmid-borne qnrB19 (n = 8), qnrB2 (n = 2), qnrB10 (n = 1), and qnrS1 (n = 9) genes. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Start page
2632
End page
2635
Volume
53
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética humana
Biología celular, Microbiología
Pediatría
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-67049107811
PubMed ID
Source
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ISSN of the container
10986596
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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