An epidemic of plasmids? Dissemination of extended-spectrum cephalosporinases among Salmonella and other Enterobacteriaceae

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-168

  Su, Lin Hui ^b,c   Chu, Chishih ^d   Cloeckaert, Axel ^e   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

AmpC; Antimicrobial resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamase; Plasmid; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEPHALOSPORINASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM CEPHALOSPORINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINASE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 39049169165     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00360.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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