In99, an In100-related integron, its occurrence and prevalence in clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from a central region of Portugal

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 502-504

  Caetano, T ^a   Ferreiras, S ^a   Mondego, A P ^a   Correia, A ^a   Mendo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBENICILLIN; CARBENICILLINASE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROLASE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; INTEGRONS; PENICILLINASE; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33947389928     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880600700X     Document Type: Article

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