High frequency of the combined presence of QRDR mutations and PMQR determinants in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates from nosocomial and community-acquired infections.

This study suggests that management of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from the community are a possible source of genetic mobile elements that carry genes that confer resistance to fluoroquinolones. More attention should be paid to the surveillance of community-acquired infections.
PMID: 28771139 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - August 4, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Araújo BF, Campos PA, Royer S, Ferreira ML, Gonçalves IR, Batistão DWDF, Resende DS, Brito CS, Gontijo-Filho PP, Ribas RM Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research