Distribution of the antiseptic-resistance gene qacEΔ1 in Gram-positive bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-299

  Kazama, Hitoshi ^a   Hamashima, Hajime ^a   Sasatsu, Masanori ^a   Arai, Taketoshi ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiseptic resistance; Gram positive bacterium; Integron; Polymerase chain reaction; qac

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CETRIMIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DYE; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE; PYRONINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032460882     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00291-2     Document Type: Article

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