Distribution and characterization of integrons in various serogroups of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients between 1992 and 2000 in Kolkata, India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 575-583

  Shi, Lei ^a,g   Fujihara, Kazutaka ^a   Sato, Toshio ^b   Ito, Hideaki ^a,c   Garg, Pallavi ^d   Chakrabarty, Rupa ^d   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^d   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^f   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f Cine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^g SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AACA4 GENE; AADA1 GENE; AADA2 GENE; AAR 3 GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLAP1 GENE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFRA1 GENE; DFRA15 GENE; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INDIA; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33646242012     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46339-0     Document Type: Article

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