Global spread of multiple aminoglycoside resistance genes

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 951-953

  Yamane, Kunikazu ^a   Wachino, Jun Ichi ^a   Doi, Yohei ^a   Kurokawa, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL ENZYME ARMA; BACTERIAL ENZYME RMTA; BACTERIAL ENZYME RMTB; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 19344377933     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1106.040924     Document Type: Article

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