Factors that affect transfer of the IncI1 β-lactam resistance plasmid pESBL-283 between E. coli strains.

The spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria worldwide presents a major health threat to human health care that results in therapy failure and increasing costs. The transfer of resistance conferring plasmids by conjugation is a major route by which resistance genes disseminate at the intra- and inter...

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Main Authors: Nadine Händel, Sarah Otte, Martijs Jonker, Stanley Brul, Benno H ter Kuile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4382111?pdf=render