Plasmid Coding for Drug Resistance and Production of Heat-Labile and Heat-Stable Toxins Harbored by an Escherichia coli Strain of Human Origin
AUTOR(ES)
Silva, M. Lourdes M.
RESUMO
In a study of enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli isolated from children with diarrhea in São Paulo, Brazil, a new enterotoxin and antibiotic resistance plasmid that carries heat-labile toxin, heat-stable toxin, and drug resistance genes was found. This is the first such plasmid to be found in a human strain of E. coli. The plasmid is nonconjugative, has a molecular weight of at least 54 × 106, and is mobilized by the R plasmid present in the host strain.
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