Acquired sulphonamide resistance genes in faecal Escherichia coli from healthy children in Bolivia and Peru

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-312

  Infante, Berónica ^a,d   Grape, Malin ^a   Larsson, Mattias ^b   Kristiansson, Charlotte ^b   Pallecchi, Lucia ^c   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^c   Kronvall, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Co trimoxazole; E. coli; Integron; sul; Sulphonamide resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LORACARBEF; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULFONAMIDE; TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 15244347177     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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