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Transferable resistance to cefoxitin in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 22 ·No. 4 ·1982-10-00 ·Pages 701-3

Rashtchian A, Dubes GR, Booth SJ

Abstract

Cefoxitin resistance, but not resistance to clindamycin, erythromycin, lincomycin, or tetracycline, was transferred by a conjugation-like process from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron UN101, a clinical isolate haboring four kinds of plasmids, to other Bacteroides species. Of a sample of 20 cefoxitin-resistant transconjugants, 8 contained all 4 plasmids, 10 contained 1 to 3 plasmids, and 2 contained no plasmids.

MeSH Terms

Bacteroides/drug effects,genetics Cefoxitin/pharmacology Conjugation, Genetic DNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis Microbial Sensitivity Tests R Factors

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial Cefoxitin

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Rashtchian A

Dubes G R

Booth S J

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Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.22.4.701

Published

1982-10-00

Pages

701-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC183819

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.22.4.701 PMC Full Text View journal details

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