R factors of pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli isolated from infant diarrhoea.
Several drug resistance patterns were determined in 170 pathogenic strains of E. coli isolated in 6 Polish towns from infant diarrhoea. The most frequent were strains resistant to 5 different drugs: ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin and sulfonamide. Conjugative R factors of 30 strains of the same resistance pattern (Ap Tc Cm Sm Su) were characterised by determining their Fi(F) character, incompatibility and molecular weight.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011815:R Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial