Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Henan, China

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Abstract

A total of 216 clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected from a general hospital in Henan, China, and screened for the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants. The presence of β-lactamase genes and mutations in quinolone resistance–determining regions were investigated among the PMQR-positive isolates.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Key Project of Natural Science of Education Department of Henan Province, China (13A610839) and the Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of Xinxiang University (12ZA02). We are grateful to George A. Jacoby for kindly providing the E. coli J53Azr.

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