Prevalence of aadA1 and dfrA15 class 1 integron cassettes and SXT circulation in Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from Africa

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1095-1097

  Ceccarelli, Daniela ^a   Bani, Stefania ^a   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^b   Colombo, Mauro Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mobile genetic elements; Resistance; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHOLERA; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 39049177525     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl352     Document Type: Letter

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