Molecular characterization of amoxicillin-clavulanate resistance in a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Bellaaj, Amel ^a   Bollet, Claude ^b   Alfeddy, Nejib ^a   Limam, Ferid ^a   Belhadj, Cherifa ^a   Regli, Anne ^b   Chollet, Renaud ^b   Belhadj, Omrane ^a   Ben Mahrez, Kamel ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CLAVULANIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12244257514     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10766290260469525     Document Type: Article

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