Ciprofloxacin-resistant enterobacteria harboring the aac(6′)-Ib-cr variant isolated from feces of inpatients in an intensive care unit in Uruguay [7]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 806-807

  Cordeiro, Nicolás F ^a   Robino, Luciana ^a   Medina, Julio ^b   Seija, Verónica ^c   Bado, Inés ^a   García, Virginia ^a   Berro, Maximiliano ^b   Pontet, Julio ^b   López, Lucía ^b   Bazet, Cristina ^c   Rieppi, Gloria ^b   Gutkind, Gabriel ^d   Ayala, Juan A ^e   Vignoli, Rafael ^a  

^a Universidad de la Republica Instituto de Higiene   (Uruguay)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URUGUAY;

EID: 38649123036     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00444-07     Document Type: Letter

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