A new sulfonamide resistance gene (sul3) in Escherichia coli is widespread in the pig population of Switzerland

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Perreten, V [1 ]
Boerlin, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bern, Inst Vet Bacteriol, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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10.1128/AAC.47.3.1169-1172.2003
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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A new gene, sul3, which specifies a 263-amino-acid protein similar to a dihydropteroate synthase encoded by the 54-kb conjugative plasmid pVP440 from Escherichia coli was characterized. Expression of the cloned sul3 gene conferred resistance to sulfamethoxazole on E. coli. Two copies of the insertion element IS15Delta/26 flanked the region containing sul3. The sul3 gene was detected in one-third of the sulfonamide-resistant pathogenic E. coli isolates from pigs in Switzerland.
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