Joint tolerance to β-lactam and fluoroquinolone antibiotics in Escherichia coli results from overexpression of hipA

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3282-3284

  Falla, Timothy J ^a   Chopra, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031788934     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.12.3282     Document Type: Article

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