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In this study, we compared the patterns of genetic mechanisms that confer FQR for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolated from the Assiut University Hospitals in Egypt.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Eighty-seven clinical\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates were tested for mutations in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">gyrA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">gyrB<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">parC<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">parE<\/jats:italic>\n                      genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and DNA sequencing. The presence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">qnrA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">qnrB<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">qnrS<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">aac(6\u2032)-Ib<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">qepA<\/jats:italic>\n                      was screened by PCR and characterized by conjugation. Correlations between different FQR mechanisms and ciprofloxacin minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) levels were determined.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A higher number of quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) mutations was detected in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      , while the number of PMQR determinants was significantly higher in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      . However,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      showed stronger correlations than\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      between MIC levels and number of mutations in the QRDR per isolate (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        r\n                        <jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.8,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.0001 and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        r\n                        <jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.7,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.0001, respectively) as well as between MIC levels and number of plasmids (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        r\n                        <jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.4,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.005 and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        r\n                        <jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.3,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02, respectively).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Although we observed a prevalence of chromosomal mutations for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      and the presence of plasmid-encoded genes for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      that resulted in FQR phenotype, high levels of FQR appeared to occur as a result of gradual accumulation of mutations in QRDR for both bacteria. To our best of knowledge, this is the first study to report and compare the correlation between FQ MIC levels and different genetic mechanisms for FQR in Enterobacteriaceae.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/mdr.2018.0249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,20]],"date-time":"2018-11-20T14:27:13Z","timestamp":1542724033000},"page":"509-519","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Patterns of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from the Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt: A Comparative Study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Mona H.","family":"Abdel-Rahim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omnia","family":"EL-Badawy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Safy","family":"Hadiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enas A.","family":"Daef","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sang-Jin","family":"Suh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dawn M.","family":"Boothe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sherine A.","family":"Aly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijantimicag.2005.02.006"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.4103\/0255-0857.124292","article-title":"Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in typhoidal Salmonellae: a preliminary report from South India","volume":"32","author":"Geetha V.K.","year":"2014","unstructured":"Geetha V.K., , Yugendran T., , Srinivasan R., , and Harish B.N.. 2014. 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