Shahram Shahraki

Department of Microbiology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan, Iran

[ 1 ] - The Emergence of Qnr-resistance Among Klebsiella pneumoniae spp in Zahedan

Objective: Although quinolone resistance results mostly from chromosomal mutations in Klebsiella pneumoniae, it may also be mediated by plasmid – encoded qnr determinants. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) was increasingly identified in Enterobacteriaceae family worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of qnr genes in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pn...