Chloramphenicol-resistant Neisseria meningitidis containing catP isolated in Australia

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 856-859

  Shultz, Tiffany R ^a   Tapsall, John W ^a   White, Peter A ^b   Ryan, Catherine S ^c   Lyras, Dena ^c   Rood, Julian I ^c   Binotto, Enzo ^d   Richardson, Christopher J L ^e  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d South West Area Pathology Service ^*  (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase; Chloramphenicol resistance; N. meningitidis; Transposons

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ACETYLATION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; SCREENING TEST; VIET NAM;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B;

EID: 0242437817     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg452     Document Type: Article

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