| vibrio cholerae non-o1, non-o139 strains isolated before 1992 from varanasi, india are multiple drug resistant, contain intsxt, dfr18 and aada5 genes. | in this study, we report the presence of the sxt element and class i integron in vibrio cholerae non-o1, non-o139 strains isolated from varanasi, india. isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole, trimethoprim and/or streptomycin, furazolidone and ampicillin. none contained plasmids. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and dna sequencing revealed the presence of antibiotic resistance gene cassettes, aada1, aada2, aada5 and dfra15, in the class i integron and sxt, an integrative conjugative element con ... | 2008 | 18201198 |