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Comparison of the genetic structures surrounding qnrA1 in Korean Enterobacter cloacae and Chinese Escherichia coli Strains isolated in the early 2000s: Evidence for qnrA mobilization via Inc HI2 type plasmid

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The flanking genetic structure of qnrA1 in Korean Enterobacter loacae was identical to that of the Chinese Escherichia coli strain, the first qnrA1-carrying strain reported in Asia. Analysis of restriction enzyme sites and Southern blot hybridization results showed that qnrA1 was transferred between E. cloacae and E. coli via Inc HI2 type plasmid.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea

    Sang Hoon Han & June Myung Kim

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, 410-719, Republic of Korea

    Young Ah Kim

  3. Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, P. R. China

    Minggui Wang

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea

    Yangsoon Lee, Hae-Sun Chung, Dongeun Yong & Kyungwon Lee

  5. Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Dong-eui University, Busan, 614-714, Republic of Korea

    Jong Hwa Yum

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Han, S.H., Kim, Y.A., Wang, M. et al. Comparison of the genetic structures surrounding qnrA1 in Korean Enterobacter cloacae and Chinese Escherichia coli Strains isolated in the early 2000s: Evidence for qnrA mobilization via Inc HI2 type plasmid. J Microbiol. 50, 166–169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-1350-z

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