Multiplex PCR for detection of antibiotic resistance genes and the SXT element: Application in the characterization of Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-351

  Ramachandran, Dhanya ^a   Bhanumathi, R ^a,c   Singh, Durg V ^b  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^c Patent Office   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINO 6,7 DIISOPROPYLPTERIDINE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFR18 GENE; DFRAA1 GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRB GENE; SULII GENE; TCPA GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33847680069     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46655-0     Document Type: Article

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