Linkage of ciprofloxacin resistance with a single genotypic cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Dashti, A A ^a   Paton, R ^b   Amyes, S G B ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin resistance; Epidemiology; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; QUINOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 29944437224     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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