Evidence for chromosomal and plasmid location of CMY-2 cephalosporinase gene in Salmonella serotype Typhimurium

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1389-1390

  Zioga, A ^a   Whichard, J M ^b   Joyce, K J ^b   Tzelepi, E ^a   Tzouvelekis, L S ^c   Miriagou, V ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

lactamase; Cephalosporin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CEPHALOSPORINASE CMY 2; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 44449120239     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn116     Document Type: Letter

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