Gut Pathogens (Oct 2017)

Existence of a novel qepA variant in quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from aquatic habitats of Bangladesh

  • Zillur Rahman,
  • Aminul Islam,
  • Mahamud-ur Rashid,
  • Fatema-Tuz Johura,
  • Shirajum Monira,
  • Haruo Watanabe,
  • Niyaz Ahmed,
  • Andrew Camilli,
  • Munirul Alam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-017-0207-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract 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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