Absence of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance qnrA gene among Campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates from Greece [1]

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-262

  Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos ^a   Ioannidou, Vassiliki ^a   Ioannidis, Anastassios ^a   Nicolaou, Chryssoula ^a   Papavasileiou, Eleni ^b   Chaniotaki, Sophia ^c   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^c   Tzouvelekis, Leonidas ^a   Legakis, Nicolaos John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; PLASMID DNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES;

EID: 24044483856     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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