Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis strains in chad: Detection of a new phylogenetic subgroup

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3422-3425

  Maho, Angaya ^a   Rossano, Alexandra ^g   Hächler, Herbert ^g,h   Holzer, Anita ^g   Schelling, Esther ^b   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b   Hassane, Mahamat H ^a   Toguebaye, Bhen S ^c   Akakpo, Ayayi J ^d   Van Ert, Matthew ^e   Keim, Paul ^e,f   Kenefic, Leo ^e   Frey, Joachim ^g   Perreten, Vincent ^g  

^a Laboratoire de Recherches Vétérinaire et Zootechnique   (Chad)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Medecine Veterinaires Dakar   (Senegal)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSPECIES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHAD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 33748797443     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01269-06     Document Type: Article

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