title: Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and integrons in Escherichia coli from Punjab, Pakistan.
abstract: Antimicrobial resistance was studied in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine samples of 457 patients suffering from urinary tract infection. High prevalence of class 1 integrons (43.56%), sulfamethoxazole resistance genes sul1 (45.54%) and sul2 (51.48%) along with occurrence of quinolone resistance genes was detected in multi drug resistance isolates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology , Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad , Pakistan.
authors.forename: Idrees
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muhammad
authors.forename: Mussarat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uzma
authors.forename: Badshah
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yasmin
authors.forename: Qadir
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mehmood
authors.forename: Bokhari
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Habib
keywords: Escherichia coli; antimicrobial resistance; integrons; urinary tract infection
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