?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Emerging+quinolones+resistant+transfer+genes+among+gram-negative+bacteria%2C+isolated+from+faeces+of+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+attending+some+Clinics+and+Hospitals+in+the+City+of+Benin%2C+Edo+State%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=I+O%2C+Enabulele&rft.creator=S+C%2C+Yah&rft.creator=E+O%2C+Yusuf&rft.creator=N+O%2C+Eghafona&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=A+survey+of+1431+gram-negative+bacilli+from+June+2001+to+September+2005+were+obtained+from+the+faeces+of+920+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+attending+some+Clinics+and+Hospitals+in+Benin+City%2C+Nigeria%2C+were+screened+for+quinolones+resistance+gene.+The+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+CD4+cells+range+was+%E2%89%A414%2Fmm3+%E2%89%A5800%2Fmm3+of+blood.+Out+of+the+1431+isolates%2C+343+(23.9%25)+were+resistance+to+quinolones+with+a+MIC+%E2%89%A54%CE%BCg%2Fml+for+norfloxacin%2C+ciprofloxacin+and+pefloxacin+while+a+MIC+of+%E2%89%A532+%C2%B5g%2Fml+for+nalidixic+acid.+The+screened+isolates+include+Pseudomonas+aeruginosa+64(18.7%25)%2C+E+coli+92(26.8%25)%2C+Klebsiella+pneumoniae+53(15.4%25)%2C+Salmonella+typhi+39(11.4%25)%2C+Shigella+dysenteriae+36(10.5%25)%2C+Proteus+mirabilis+34(9.9%25)+and+Serratia+marcescens+25(7.3%25).++The+average+resistance+of+the+isolates+to+the+various+quinolones+ranged+from+42.7%25+to+66.7%25.++Klebsiella+were+the+most+resistant+isolates+with+a+mean+resistance+of+66.7%25+while+Proteus+were+the+less+resistant+isolates+with+a+mean+resistance+of+42.7%25.+Most+isolates+were+resistant+to+Nalidixic+acid+followed+by+norfloxacin+while+the+less+resistant+were+to+the+pefloxacin.+The+frequency+of+qnr+genes+transfer+to+EJRifr+as+recipient+ranged+from+2+x+10-2+to+6+x+10-6+with+an+average+of+2+plasmids+per+cell.+The+molecular+weight+of+the+plasmids+ranged+from+%3C2.9kbp+to+%3C5.5+kbp.+This+indicated+that+plasmids+allowed+the+movement+of+genetic+materials+including+qnr+resistant+genes+between+bacteria+species+and+genera+in+Benin+City%2C+Nigeria&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2006-12&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5322%2F1%2F2006-3-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++I+O%2C+Enabulele+and+S+C%2C+Yah+and+E+O%2C+Yusuf+and+N+O%2C+Eghafona++(2006)+Emerging+quinolones+resistant+transfer+genes+among+gram-negative+bacteria%2C+isolated+from+faeces+of+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+attending+some+Clinics+and+Hospitals+in+the+City+of+Benin%2C+Edo+State%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5322%2F