HIGH PREVALENCE OF CLASS I AND CLASS II INTEGRONS IN UROPATHOGENIC E. COLI STRAINS (UPECs) AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, PHYLOGENY AND VIRULENCE

Defne Gümüş, Fatma Kalaycı Yüksek, Firdevs Camadan, Merve Oral, Aslı Macunluoğlu, Mine Küçüker
2021 İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi  
Objective: Integrons, which are highly effective in capturing, integrating and expressing gene cassettes, play an important role in the dissemination of multiple antibiotic resistances. This study investigated the correlations of integrons in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) with antibiotic resistance, virulence and phylogeny and also the relationships of phylogroups with virulence and antibiotic resistance.
doi:10.26650/iuitfd.984487 fatcat:pi23qrl5ajg6vnyu5gezsl77ta