Distribution and content of class 1 integrons in different Vibrio cholerae O-serotype strains isolated in Thailand

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1315-1321

  Dalsgaard, Anders ^a   Forslund, Anita ^a   Serichantalergs, Oralak ^b   Sandvang, Dorthe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEAFOOD; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034058286     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.5.1315-1321.2000     Document Type: Article

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