Integron

Integron Carriage among Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from a Tertiary Hospital in North India

Joel Filgona & Tuhina Banerjee · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Background: Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) constitute major public health threat. They account for significant morbidity and mortality and also present patients with difficult to treat infection. This study examines the integron carriage rate and gene content among...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/29087

Identification of Typical Class 1 and Class 2 Integron Gene Cassettes in Clinical Isolates of MDR Shigella flexneri in South Indian Population

M. S. Dhiviya Prabaa, Shalini Anandan, D. R. Naveen Kumar & V. Balaji · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Shigellosis is an acute intestinal infection caused by Shigella spp. Treatment with most widely used antimicrobial drugs became limited due to the emergence of multi-drug resistance (MDR). In Shigella spp., antimicrobial resistance is often associated with the presence of t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19498