Emergence of ArmA and RmtB aminoglycoside resistance 16S rRNA methylases in Belgium

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-464

  Bogaerts, Pierre ^a   Galimand, Marc ^b   Bauraing, Caroline ^a   Deplano, Ariane ^c   Vanhoof, Raymond ^d   De Mendonca, Ricardo ^c   Rodriguez Villalobos, Hector ^c   Struelens, Marc ^c   Glupczynski, Youri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamases; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE ARMA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE RMTA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE RMTB; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 16S RRNA - M7G METHYLTRANSFERASE; 16S RRNA M7G METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARMA PROTEIN, E COLI; BETA LACTAMASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER AMALONATICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 34248210690     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl527     Document Type: Article

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