Sequence variation in the outer membrane protein-encoding gene cmeC, conferring multidrug resistance among Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains isolated from different hosts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3381-3383

  Fakhr, Mohamed K ^a   Logue, Catherine M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CMEC GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; SUIDAE;

EID: 35348895070     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01208-07     Document Type: Article

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