Unnoticed spread of class 1 integrons in gram-positive clinical strains isolated in Guangzhou, China

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Shi, Lei ^a,c   Zheng, Meiping ^a   Xiao, Zenghuang ^b   Asakura, Masahiro ^c   Su, Jianyu ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene cassettes; Gram positive bacteria; Integrons

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHINA; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33745228892     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03815.x     Document Type: Article

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