Journal:
:jundishapur journal of microbiology
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bita bakhshi department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, ir iran; department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, jalal-ale-ahmad ave., tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2182884558, fax: +98-2182884555
nazanin eftekhari department of biology, faculty of basic science, science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, ir iran
mohammad reza pourshafie department of bacteriology, pasteur institute of iran, tehran, ir iran
background: integrons are the major reasons of multidrug resistance (mdr) among enteropathogenic bacteria. occurrence of horizontal gene transfer between integron-carrying microorganisms and other enteric bacteria may increase the rate of emergence of integron-associated antibiotic resistance. objectives: the objective of this study was to investigate class 1 integrons among members of enteropa...