Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana.
Godfred AcheampongMichael OwusuAlex Owusu-OforiIsaac OseiNimako SarpongAugustina SylverkenHung-Jui KungShu-Ting ChoChih-Horng KuoSe Eun ParkFlorian MarksYaw Adu-SarkodieEllis Owusu-DaboPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
This study reports for the first time in Ghana plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistant gene qnrS in Salmonella clinical isolates. Nonsynonymous mutations of gyrA and gyrB genes likely to confer Salmonella reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin were also reported.