The occurrence of plasmids carrying genes for both enterotoxin production and drug resistance in Escherichia coli of human origin.
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.
D003086:Bacteriocin Plasmids; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D014165:Transfer Factor / Q000235:genetics
D004768:Enterotoxins; D014165:Transfer Factor