Microbial multidrug resistance

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Ouellette, Marc ^a,b,c   Kündig, Christoph ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Efflux pumps; Integrons; Major facilitators; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANISOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENOMYL; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BREFELDIN A; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; HALOFANTRINE; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; MEFLOQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NORFLOXACIN; PRIMAQUINE; PUROMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TERBINAFINE; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CROSS RESISTANCE; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGUS; GENE LOCUS; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 17144434712     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(96)00370-6     Document Type: Article

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