Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance: Mechanisms, detection, and epidemiology in the Arab countries
Yassine I, Rafei R, Osman M, Mallat H, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance: Mechanisms, detection, and epidemiology in the Arab countries. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2019, 76: 104020. PMID: 31493557, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.104020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuinolone resistance mechanismsQuinolone resistancePlasmid-mediated quinolone resistance mechanismsPlasmid-mediated genesImportant antimicrobial classesResistance mechanismsTreatment failureEnterobacterial infectionsPMQR genesStewardship effortsAntimicrobial classesPMQRIrrational useMultiple mechanismsHigh rateEpidemiologyQuinolonesCommon associationCrucial antibioticsEnvironmental isolatesMethod of detectionEnterobacteriaceaeAntibiotic resistance genesAnimalsResistance genes