Prevalence of qnr, aac(6')-Ib-cr, qepA, and oqxAB in Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals, and the environment

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jun;56(6):3423-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06191-11. Epub 2012 Mar 5.

Abstract

qnr, aac(6')-Ib-cr, qepA, and oqxAB genes were detected in 5.7%, 4.9%, 2.6%, and 20.2% of 1,022 Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals, and the environment, respectively, collected between 1993 and 2010 in China. The prevalence of oqxAB in porcine isolates (51.0%) was significantly higher than that in other isolates. This is the first report of oqxAB-positive isolates from ducks and geese and as early as 1994 from chickens.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ducks
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
  • Geese
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Swine

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • QepA protein, E coli
  • Qnr protein, E coli

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