TY - JOUR
AU - Fonseca, Érica L.
AU - Freitas, Fernanda dos Santos
AU - Vieira, Verônica V.
AU - Vicente, Ana C.P.
T1 - New qnr Gene Cassettes Associated with Superintegron Repeats in Vibrio cholerae O1
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2008
VL - 14
IS - 7
SP - 1129
SN - 1080-6059
AB - A novel qnr determinant emerged in ciprofloxacin-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 from the Amazon region of Brazil. This qnrVC1 was in a typical class 1 integron. Its attC showed 89% identity with V. parahaemolyticus superintegron repeats. Analysis showed V. cholerae O1 carrying qnrVC2 associated with a V. cholerae superintegron repeat.
KW - Quinolone resistance
KW - qnr
KW - Vibrio cholerae
KW - superintegron repeats
KW - class 1 integron
KW - Amazon region
KW - Brazil
KW - dispatch
DO - 10.3201/eid1407.080132
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/08-0132_article
ER - End of Reference