Resistance among Escherichia coli to sulphonamides and other antimicrobials now little used in man

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 962-964

  Bean, David C ^a   Livermore, David M ^b   Papa, Iro ^a   Hall, Lucinda M C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrons; Persistence; Streptomycin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; INTEGRASE; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; KANAMYCIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744544283     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki332     Document Type: Article

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