Association of qacE and qacEΔ1 with multiple resistance to antibiotics and antiseptics in clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Kücken, Detmar ^a   Feucht, Heinz Hubert ^a   Kaulfers, Paul Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiseptic resistance; Benzalkonium chloride; Integron; Multiple antibiotic resistance; qac

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CETRIMIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALKONIUM; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033621673     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00636-9     Document Type: Article

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