Integron-Associated Antibiotic Resistance and Phylogenetic Grouping of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Healthy Subjects Free of Recent Antibiotic Exposure

Abstract

The study of integrons in 181 Escherichia coli isolates from three groups of healthy subjects who lived in communities and had not taken antibiotics for at least 1 month showed that the presence of integrons was associated with antibiotic resistance and phylogenetic grouping of the bacterial host and dependent on a subject's living environment.