Spontaneous quinolone resistance in the zoonotic serovar of Vibrio vulnificus.
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Spontaneous quinolone resistance in the zoonotic serovar of Vibrio vulnificus.

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Roig Molina, Francisco José; Llorens, Amparo; Fouz Rodríguez, Belén; Amaro González, Carmen Perfil
This document is a artículoDate2009

Este documento está disponible también en : http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02921-08

Este documento está disponible también en : http://hdl.handle.net/10550/35415

This work demonstrates that Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2-serovar E, an eel pathogen able to infect humans, can become resistant to quinolone by specific mutations in gyrA (substitution of serine at position 83 by isoleucine) and to some fluoroquinolones by additional mutations in parC (substitution of serine at position 85 by lysine). Thus, to avoid the selection of resistant strains that are potentially pathogenic for humans, antibiotics other than quinolones must be used to treat vibriosis on farms.

    Roig i Molina, Francisco José Llorens, Amparo Fouz Rodríguez, Belen Amaro González, Carmen 2009 Spontaneous quinolone resistance in the zoonotic serovar of Vibrio vulnificus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 2577 2580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02921-08

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