Overexpression of marA, soxS and acrB in veterinary isolates of salmonella enterica rarely correlates with cyclohexane tolerance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 673-679

  Webber, Mark ^a   Buckley, Anthony M ^a   Randall, Luke P ^b   Woodward, Martin J ^b   Piddock, Laura J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AcrAB; Efflux; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOHEXANE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG TOLERANCE; EFFUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLOHEXANES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SOLVENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33645123494     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl025     Document Type: Article

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