Existence of a novel qepA variant in quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from aquatic habitats of Bangladesh
Existence of a novel qepA variant in quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from aquatic habitats of Bangladesh
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2017-10-23
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Rahman, Zillur
Islam, Aminul
Rashid, Mahamud Ur
Johura, Fatema Tuz
Monira, Shirajum
Watanabe, Haruo
Ahmed, Niyaz
Camilli, Andrew
Alam, Munirul
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Of 19 environmental Escherichia coli (n = 12) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 7) tested for quinolone resistance-related genes qnrA, qnrB, qnrC, qnrS and qepA, four each of E. coli and K. pneumoniae possessed qnrS, and another E. coli isolate possessed a new variant of qepA. This is the first detection of qepA in environmentally dwelling bacteria in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh,
Escherichia coli,
Novel qepA variant,
qepA4,
Quinolone resistance
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Gut Pathogens. v.9(1)