Quinolone resistance determinant qnrA3 in clinical isolates of Salmonella in 2000-2005 in Hong Kong [10]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 904-905

  Chu, Yiu Wai ^a   Cheung, Terence Kin Man ^a   Ng, Tak Keung ^b   Tsang, Dominic ^b   To, Wing Kin ^b   Kam, Kai Man ^a   Lo, Janice Y C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Fluoroquinolones; QnrA; Salmonella Enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PENTAPEPTIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HONG KONG; HOST; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUINOLONES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748691360     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl340     Document Type: Letter

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