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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2008, p. 1564-1566, Vol. 52, No. 4
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01137-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Plasmid-Mediated qepA Gene among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Japan{triangledown}

Kunikazu Yamane,* Jun-ichi Wachino, Satowa Suzuki, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Received 29 August 2007/ Returned for modification 9 September 2007/ Accepted 30 January 2008

Seven hundred fifty-one Escherichia coli clinical isolates collected from 140 Japanese hospitals between 2002 and 2006 were screened for the qepA and qnr genes. Two E. coli isolates (0.3%) harbored qepA, but no qnr was identified. The results suggested a low prevalence of E. coli harboring qepA or qnr in Japan.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. Phone: 81-42-561-0771. Fax: 81-42-561-7173. E-mail: kazuwa{at}nih.go.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 February 2008.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2008, p. 1564-1566, Vol. 52, No. 4
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01137-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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