Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains isolated in Korea containing a multidrug resistance class 1 integron

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2006-2008

  Pai, Hyunjoo ^a   Byeon, Jeong hum ^a   Yu, Sunmi ^c   Lee, Bok Kwon ^b   Kim, Shukho ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAC(6') IIA GENE; AACA4B GENE; AADA1 GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAP2 GENE; CATB8 GENE; DFRA1 GENE; INTEGRON; KOREA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0037764089     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.2006-2008.2003     Document Type: Article

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