Identification and Characterization of Conjugative Plasmids That Encode Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Salmonella-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Identification and Characterization of Conjugative Plasmids That Encode Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Salmonella

Published:2018-08 Issue:8 Volume:62 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Chen Kaichao¹²,Dong Ning¹²,Zhao Shaohua³,Liu Lizhang¹²,Li Ruichao¹²,Xie Miaomiao¹²,Lin Dachuan¹²,Wai-Chi Chan Edward¹²,Meng Jianghong⁴,McDermott Patrick F.³,Chen Sheng¹²

Affiliation:

1. Shenzhen Key Lab for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Center, Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China

2. State Key Lab of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

3. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA

4. Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize novel conjugative plasmids that encode transferable ciprofloxacin resistance in Salmonella . In this study, 157 nonduplicated Salmonella isolates were recovered from food products, of which 55 were found to be resistant to ciprofloxacin.

Funder

Hong Kong Research Grant Council Collaborative Research Fund

Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Health and Medical Research Fund

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.00575-18

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