Circulation of Third-Generation Cephalosporin Resistant <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi in Mumbai, India
Silvia Argimón, Geetha Nagaraj, Varun Shamanna, D Sravani, Ashwini Kodlipet Vasanth, Akshatha Prasanna, Aruna Poojary, Anurag Kumar Bari, Anthony Underwood, Mihir Kekre, Stephen Baker, David M. Aanensen, Ravikumar Kadahalli Lingegowda
Abstract
We report the persistent circulation of third-generation cephalosporin resistant Salmonella Typhi in Mumbai, linked to the acquisition and maintenance of a previously characterized IncX3 plasmid carrying the ESBL gene blaSHV-12 and the fluoroquinolone resistance gene qnrB7 in the genetic context of a triple mutant also associated with fluoroquinolone resistance.
Topics & Concepts
Salmonella typhiCephalosporinMedicineMutantContext (archaeology)MicrobiologyPlasmidSalmonellaVirologyGeneAntibioticsBiologyBacteriaGeneticsEscherichia coliPaleontologySalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaVibrio bacteria research studies