dfrA25, a novel trimethoprim resistance gene from Salmonella Agona isolated from a human urine sample in Brazil

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1044-1047

  Agersø, Yvonne ^a   Peirano, Gisele ^b   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase; Gene cassettes; Integrons

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; URINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE; URINE;

EID: 34247179762     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl366     Document Type: Article

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