Epidemiology of tetracycline resistance determinants in Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli: Characterization and dissemination of tet(A)-1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1023-1032

  Hartman, Antoinette B ^a,b   Essiet, Idongesit I ^a,c   Isenbarger, Daniel W ^a,d   Lindler, Luther E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WRAIR   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SHIGELLA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0037338236     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1023-1032.2003     Document Type: Article

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