Mobile genes coding for efflux-mediated antimicrobial resistance in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Butaye, Patrick ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^c  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Institute for Animal Science FAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Efflux systems; Multidrug transporters; Plasmids; Transposons

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLORFENICOL; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0041833332     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00202-4     Document Type: Article

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