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Plasmid Borne Resistance in Klebsiella Isolates from Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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Eighty six Klebsiella isolates from Kenyatta National Hospital and the Centre for Microbiology, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi were screened forresistance to commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents and for their plasmidcontent. Plasmids were transferred into Esherichia coli K-12 and resultingtransconjugants screened for resistance to the antimicrobial agents used onKlebsiella donors and for their plasmid content. Plasmids from the Klebsiellaisolates were also transformed into Eschericia coli and transformants analyzedfor resistance and plasmid content. Endonuclease restriction mapping was done to characterize the plasmids from Klebsiella isolates and their Eschericia coli transformants. Resistance was found to be plasmid borne and transmissible.
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