Escherichia coli isolate coproducing 16S rRNA methylase and CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase isolated from an outpatient in the United States

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1204-1205

  Doi, Yohei ^a   Adams Haduch, Jennifer M ^a   Paterson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549125265     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01320-07     Document Type: Letter

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