TY - JOUR
T1 - High prevalence of qnr genes in commensal enterobacteria from healthy children in Peru and Bolivia
AU - Pallecchi, Lucia
AU - Riccobono, Eleonora
AU - Mantella, Antonia
AU - Bartalesi, Filippo
AU - Sennati, Samanta
AU - Gamboa, Herlan
AU - Gotuzzo, Eduardo
AU - Bartoloni, Alessandro
AU - Rossolini, Gian Maria
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - A remarkable prevalence of qnrB (54%) and, at a lower level, of qnrS (14%) was discovered in pools of commensal enterobacteria from 310 healthy children living in Peru and Bolivia, using a metagenomic approach. Analysis of randomly selected enterobacterial pools revealed that qnrB was mainly carried by Escherichia coli and qnrS by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Investigation of 11 qnrB-positive isolates and 9 qnrS-positive isolates revealed the presence of plasmid-borne qnrB19 (n = 8), qnrB2 (n = 2), qnrB10 (n = 1), and qnrS1 (n = 9) genes.
AB - A remarkable prevalence of qnrB (54%) and, at a lower level, of qnrS (14%) was discovered in pools of commensal enterobacteria from 310 healthy children living in Peru and Bolivia, using a metagenomic approach. Analysis of randomly selected enterobacterial pools revealed that qnrB was mainly carried by Escherichia coli and qnrS by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Investigation of 11 qnrB-positive isolates and 9 qnrS-positive isolates revealed the presence of plasmid-borne qnrB19 (n = 8), qnrB2 (n = 2), qnrB10 (n = 1), and qnrS1 (n = 9) genes.
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U2 - 10.1128/AAC.01722-08
DO - 10.1128/AAC.01722-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 19364872
AN - SCOPUS:67049107811
VL - 53
SP - 2632
EP - 2635
JO - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
JF - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
SN - 0066-4804
IS - 6
ER -