Plasmid-borne sulfonamide resistance determinants studied by restriction enzyme analysis.
AUTOR(ES)
Swedberg, G
RESUMO
The relationship between sulfonamide resistance genes carried on different plasmids was investigated by restriction enzyme analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization. The results showed that sulfonamide resistance mediated by different plasmids is determined by the production of at least two different types of drug-resistant dihydropteroate synthase. Plasmids pGS01, pGS02, and R22259, found in bacteria isolated from patients in Swedish hospitals, contained identical sulfonamide resistance genes, which were also identical to those of plasmids R1, R100, R6, and R388. These latter plasmids, which have been well studied in different laboratories, were originally from clinical isolates from different parts of the world. Two other clinically isolated plasmids, pGS04 and pGS05, were shown to contain sulfonamide resistance determinants of a completely different type.
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