Integron-associated antibiotic resistance and phylogenetic grouping of Escherichia coli isolates from healthy subjects free of recent antibiotic exposure.
The study of integrons in 181 Escherichia coli isolates from three groups of healthy subjects who lived in communities and had not taken antibiotics for at least 1 month showed that the presence of integrons was associated with antibiotic resistance and phylogenetic grouping of the bacterial host and dependent on a subject's living environment.
Université Paris 7 and Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, AP-HP, Paris, France.
David
D
Skurnik
Arnaud
A
Le Menac'h
David
D
Zurakowski
Didier
D
Mazel
Patrice
P
Courvalin
Erick
E
Denamur
Antoine
A
Andremont
Raymond
R
Ruimy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents