Variable gene cassette patterns of class 1 integron-associated drug-resistant Escherichia coli in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Chang, Lin Li ^a,b   Chang, Tsung Ming ^a   Chang, Chung Yu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aadA1 linF; Conjugative plasmid; dfrA17 aadA5; Escherichia coli; orfD aacA4 catB8

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; LINCOSAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; TIMENTIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASS 1 INTEGRON GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34447331714     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70409-7     Document Type: Article

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