Research Article

Association of Transferable Quinolone Resistance Determinant qnrB19 with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Salmonella Give and Salmonella Heidelberg in Venezuela

Table 2

Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of S. Give and S. Heidelberg isolates and their transformants (trf).

Strain numberSampleSerovarResistance patternPlasmid size (kb)a -lactamase typeqnr gene

SG9611HumanGiveESBL+, CIP, TOB13 qnrB19
9611trfESBL+, CIP, TOB13 qnrB19
SG9811HumanGiveESBL+, CIP, GEN19 qnrB19
9811trfESBL+, CIP, GEN19 qnrB19
SH7511ChickenHeidelbergESBL+, CIP, GENI19 qnrB19
7511trfESBL+, CIP, GEN19 qnrB19
SH7911ChickenHeidelbergESBL+, CIP, GEN, TOBI19 qnrB19
7911trfESBL+, CIP, GEN19 qnrB19

Estimated; ESBL+: extended-spectrum -lactamase positive; CIP: ciprofloxacin; GEN: gentamicin; GENI: intermediate sensibility to gentamicin; TOB: tobramycin; TOBI: intermediate sensibility to tobramycin.