Is plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance a clinically significant problem?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-297

  Poirel, Laurent ^a,c   Cattoir, V ^a,b   Nordmann, P ^a  

^a Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AAC(6 ) Ib cr; Plasmid mediated; QepA; QnrA; Quinolones; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; ENROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN QEPA; PROTEIN QNR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA; SHEWANELLA; VIBRIO;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 40549130685     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01930.x     Document Type: Editorial

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