Prevalence of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes genes among isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Iran

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-268

  Feizabadi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a,e   Maleknejad, Parviz ^a   Asgharzadeh, Ahmad ^b   Asadi, Sorror ^c   Shokrzadeh, Leila ^d   Sayadi, Sara ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Soil and Water Research Institute Iran   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAC(6') APH(2'') GENE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE MODIFYING ENZYME GENE; ANT(4') IA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APH(2'') IA GENE; APH(2'') IB GENE; APH(2'') IC GENE; APH(2'') ID GENE; APH(3') IIIA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; IRAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33846247121     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2006.12.265     Document Type: Article

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