Integrons are genetic elements composed of a gene encoding an integrase, gene cassettes
and an integration site for the gene cassettes (att). The integrase excises and integrates the …

The prevalence of urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
(TMP-SMX)-resistant Escherichia coli is increasing and varies geographically in the United …

The presence of class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli was detected by
PCR. Of 104 E. coli isolates from Kaohsiung, 54 (52%) carried class 1 integrons, with …

Background. Antimicrobial drugs used in human infection treatment and animal husbandry
may select for drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, which are increasingly observed …

One hundred and twenty clinical and commensal Escherichia coli strains isolated in
Switzerland from humans and from companion and farm animals were analysed for the …

Shigella sonnei is a significant cause of gastroenteritis in both develo** and industrialized
countries. Definition of the diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of S. sonnei isolates may …

The characterization of integrons and their promoters in 156 antibiotic-resistant clinical
isolates of the important zoonotic pathogens Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars …

Self-transferable IncFI plasmid pIP1206, isolated from an Escherichia coli clinical isolate,
carries two new resistance determinants: qepA, which confers resistance to hydrophylic …

Revealing class 1 integron characteristics under different operating conditions is of great
importance to control antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) during sludge anaerobic digestion …

Spectinomycin is an aminocyclitol antibiotic used clinically to treat a variety of infections in
animals. Here, we characterized drug resistance prevalence in clinical Streptococcus suis …