Antimicrobial resistance and integrons found in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from healthy humans

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Je, Chul Lee ^a   Hee, Young Kang ^a   Jae, Young Oh ^a   Jae, Ho Jeong ^a   Kim, Jungmin ^a   Sung, Yong Seol ^a   Dong, Taek Cho ^a   Yoo, Chul Lee ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commensal fecal flora; Escherichia coli; Integron; Multiresistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLASS 1 INTEGRASE; CLASS 2 INTEGRASE; GENTAMICIN; INTEGRASE; KANAMYCIN; NORPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 44849141697     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2006.36.3.133     Document Type: Article

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