pksr100

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conjugative plasmid carrying resistance genes

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Overview

Validation Method: genomic and plasmid analysis
Drug Classes: azithromycin
Organisms: Shigella flexneri 2a, Shigella sonnei
Geographic Location: England|France|UK
Papers: 1
Databases: Reslit

Papers1

Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species.

PMID 29654279 · 2018

The study identifies the azithromycin resistance plasmid pKSR100 and its associated genes mphA and ermB as critical drivers of epidemics among multiple Shigella species, highlighting the role of horizontal gene transfer in the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Gene Information

Gene Name: pksr100
Allele: pKSR100
Encodes: conjugative plasmid carrying resistance genes
Source Database: Reslit
Confers Resistance To: azithromycin
Organisms Tested In: • Shigella flexneri 2a
• Shigella sonnei
Geographic Location: England|France|UK
Validation Method: genomic and plasmid analysis
Sequence Accession: LN624486

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