Interbacterial Transfer of R Factor in Humans

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1973 English Publisher:American Society for MicrobiologyJournal:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, volume 3, pages 542-544 (issn: 0066-4804, eissn: 1098-6596,

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Authors: H C, Neu; P J, Huber; E B, Winshell;

doi: 10.1128/aac.3.5.542

pmid: 4597729

pmc: PMC444453

Interbacterial Transfer of R Factor in Humans

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Abstract

In vivo interbacterial transfer of R factor was observed in two patients. Resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin, and chloramphenicol was transferred from Escherichia coli in the intestine of a patient with shigellosis to a Shigella sonnei strain. In a second patient with partial ureteral obstruction, a resistant E. coli strain transferred ampicillin, tetracycline, and streptomycin resistance to a Proteus mirabilis strain.

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Keywords

Adult, Adolescent, Extrachromosomal Inheritance, Shigella sonnei, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Escherichia coli, Humans, Female, Proteus mirabilis

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