Genetic relatedness between human and animal polymorphic blaTEM genes strengthens zoonotic potential among uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains [13]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 284-286

  Caniça, Manuela ^a   Dias, Ricardo ^a   Correia, José Duarte ^b   Pomba, Constança ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

lactamases; Animal; bla genes; E. coli

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CYSTEINE; DNA; MECILLINAM; THREONINE; TICARCILLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 3543071806     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh307     Document Type: Letter

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