Expanding drug resistance through integron acquisition by IncFI plasmids of Salmonella enterica typhimurium

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Carattoli, A
Villa, L
Pezzella, C
Bordi, E
Visca, P
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[1] Ist Super Sanita, Lab Bacteriol & Med Mycol, I-00161 Rome, Italy
[2] Natl Inst Infect Dis Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
[3] Univ Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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10.3201/eid0703.017314
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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We conducted a 30-year retrospective analysis of IncFI plasmids from Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium. These plasmids have been associated with the emergence of epidemic clones of multidrug-resistant Salmonella. Molecular and genetic evidence indicates that IncFI plasmids are evolving through sequential acquisition of integrons carrying different arrays of antibiotic-resistance genes.
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