Role of efflux pumps and topoisomerase mutations in fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3347-3354

  Ge, Beilei ^a,b   McDermott, Patrick F ^c   White, David G ^c   Meng, Jianghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CODON; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA GYRASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 23044512221     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.8.3347-3354.2005     Document Type: Article

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