New antibiotic resistance genes associated with CTX-M plasmids from uropathogenic Nigerian Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1048-1053

  Soge, Olusegun O ^a,b   Adeniyi, Bolanle A ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ESBLs; Multidrug resistance genes; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; URINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 34347339800     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl370     Document Type: Article

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