Loss of intrinsic aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter haemolyticus as a result of three distinct types of alterations in the aac(6')-Ig gene, including insertion of IS17

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2646-2651

  Rudant, Eric ^a,b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre d'Etudes Phamiaceutiques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; 6' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GENTAMICIN; ISEPAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG ACETYLATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030734574     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.12.2646     Document Type: Article

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