New dfr2 Gene As a Single-Gene Cassette in a Class 1 Integron from a Trimethoprim-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolate

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-322

  Grape, Malin ^a   Sundström, Lars ^b   Kronvall, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN DFR2; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0842264376     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903322762734     Document Type: Article

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