R factor in Enterobacter cloacae resistant to silver sulfadiazine.
A strain of Enterobacter cloacae resistant to silver sulfadiazine was recovered from a unit in which this antimicrobial agent was in use. This strain was found to harbor an R factor responsible for resistance to carbenicillin, kanamycin and ampicillin. These antibiotic resistances were transferable to Escherichia coli by mating. Resistance to silver sulfadiazine was not, however, transmissible.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011815:R Factors; D012834:Silver / Q000494:pharmacology; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013411:Sulfadiazine; D012834:Silver; D007612:Kanamycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D002228:Carbenicillin