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ArticleWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2018

Characterization of the complete sequences and stability of plasmids carrying the genes aac(6')-Ib-cr or qnrS in Shigella flexneri in the Hangzhou area of China.

Xiao-Ying Pu, Yaming Gu, Jun Li, Shu-Juan Song, Zhe Lu

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Article in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  4. Shigella flexneri: an emerging pathogen.Folia microbiologica · 2020
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  6. Infection and drug resistance · 2019
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Ying PuSchool of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, Zhejiang, China. pxygym@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8874-0318
Yaming GuDepartment of Primary Health Care, Health and Family Planning Commission of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang, China.
Jun LiHangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, China.
Shu-Juan SongHangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, China.
Zhe LuSchool of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, Zhejiang, China.
Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNHangzhou Normal University · CNZhejiang Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81301466National Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province No. LY15H160068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the fluoroquinolone resistance mechanism of aac (6')-Ib-cr and qnrS gene by comparing complete sequences and stability of the aac(6')-Ib-cr- and qnrS-positive plasmids from Shigella isolates in the Hangzhou area of China. The complete sequences of four newly acquired plasmids carrying aac(6')-Ib-cr or qnrS were compared with those of two plasmids obtained previously and two similar reference Escherichia coli plasmids. The results showed that the length, antibiotic resistance genes and genetic environment were different among the plasmids. Moreover, the plasmid stability of three wild-type isolates and five plasmid transformants carrying aac(6')-Ib-cr and/or qnrS was measured in vitro, and all eight isolates were found to have lost their aac(6')-Ib-cr- or qnrS-positive plasmids to a different extent at different stages. When the plasmids were electroporated into Shigella flexneri or they lost positive plasmids, the MICs of ciprofloxacin increased or decreased two- to eightfold for aac(6')-Ib-cr-positive plasmids and 16- to 32-fold for qnrS-positive plasmids. To our knowledge, this is the first report comparing the complete sequences and describing stability for the aac(6')-Ib-cr- and qnrS-positive plasmids from Shigella isolates.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceChinaChromosome MappingCiprofloxacinCloning, MolecularDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialDysentery, BacillaryEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFluoroquinolonesGenes, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCiprofloxacinDNA, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsFluoroquinolonesQnr protein, E coliaac(6′)-Ib-crPlasmid sequencingPlasmid stabilityqnrSResistance geneShigella flexneri

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