Molecular characterization of integrons in non-typhoid Salmonella serovars isolated in Japan: Description of an unusual class 2 integron

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Ahmed, Ashraf M ^a   Nakano, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimamoto, Tadashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Class 1 integrons; Class 2 integrons; Multidrug resistance; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; STREPTOTHRICIN ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTEGRON; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 15944412171     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh534     Document Type: Article

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