Rapid emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant enterobacteriaceae containing multiple gentamicin resistance-associated integrons in a Dutch hospital

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 862-871

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Goessens, Wil ^a   Van Der Schee, Cindy ^a   Lemmens Den Toom, Nicole ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a   Cornelissen, Jan ^a   Lugtenburg, Elly ^a   De Marie, Siem ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   Löwenberg, Bob ^a   Endtz, Hubert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NETHERLANDS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WARD;

EID: 0035195652     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.017515     Document Type: Article

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