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The occurrence of plasmids carrying genes for both enterotoxin production and drug resistance in Escherichia coli of human origin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Sylvia M. Scotland ,
R. J. Gross ,
T. Cheasty  and
B. Rowe
Sylvia M. Scotland
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT
R. J. Gross
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT
T. Cheasty
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT
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Twenty-three of 89 enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli were resistant to one or more antimicrobial agents. Eleven strains transferred resistance directly and five transferred resistance after mobilization. In three cases a resistant recipient was enterotoxigenic. One of these strains contained a conjugative plasmid carrying genes for both drug resistance and enterotoxin production. In the two other strains genes for drug resistance and enterotoxin production were carried on separate co-transferable plasmids.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , December 1979 , pp. 531 - 538
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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