Class 1 integrons, gene cassettes, mobility, and epidemiology

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 761-770

  Fluit, A C ^a   Schmitz, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032761106     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050398     Document Type: Review

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