Antibiotic resistance patterns and sequencing of class I integron from uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Lebanon

Aim:  To study the prevalence and molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in UPEC. Methods and Results:  PCR was used to detect the presence of the Class I integron variable region (VR). The VR amplicons were then characterized by partial sequencing and restriction digestion with AluI. VR negati...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Hashwa, F. A. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Tokajian, S. T. (author), Farah, M. J. (author), El-Najjar, N. G. (author)
التنسيق: article
منشور في: 2010
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02926.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02926.x/full
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الملخص:Aim:  To study the prevalence and molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in UPEC. Methods and Results:  PCR was used to detect the presence of the Class I integron variable region (VR). The VR amplicons were then characterized by partial sequencing and restriction digestion with AluI. VR negative isolates showed more antibiotic susceptibility than VR positive isolates. 30% of the isolates were positive for the VR and carried the genes dfrA7, dfrA17-aadA5, dfrA1-aadA1, dfrA12-orf5-aadA2 and blaOXA-30-aadA1. Five restriction patterns were detected and isolates with the same VR amplicon size had the same restriction pattern. Conclusions:  Our data demonstrated that Class I integrons are widely disseminated in Lebanon and showed their importance for the occurrence and transmission of multidrug resistance. Significance and Impact of the Study:  These findings will facilitate greater understanding of the factors that contribute to the presence and transfer of integron-associated antibiotic resistance genes in UPEC.