Fluoroquinolone resistance from a transferable plasmid in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus [3]

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 593-594

  Joshi, Suresh G ^a   Litake, Geetanjali M ^b   Ghole, Vikram S ^b   Niphadkar, Krishnarao B ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CIPROFLOXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; R FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; R FACTORS;

EID: 33644681718     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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