Coincidence of bft and cfiA genes in a multi-resistant clinical isolate of Bacteroides fragilis [2]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1416-1418

  Terhes, Gabriella ^a   Brazier, Jon S ^b   Sóki, József ^a   Urbán, Edit ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENTEROTOXIN; FRAGILYSIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BFT GENE; CFIA GENE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETTER; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36148978994     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47242-0     Document Type: Letter

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