Molecular analysis of the plasmid-borne aacA/aphD resistance gene region of coagulase-negative staphylococci from chickens

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1397-1401

  Lange, Carla C ^a,b   Werckenthin, Christiane ^a,c   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aacA aphD gene; Aminoglycoside resistance; Chicken; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

AMINOCYCLITOL; APRAMYCIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NEOMYCIN; PLASMID DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHICKEN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0037971555     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg257     Document Type: Article

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