New qnr gene cassettes associated with superintegron repeats in Vibrio cholerae O1

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1129-1131

  Fonseca, Érica L ^a   Freitas, Fernanda Dos Santos ^a   Vieira, Verônica V ^b   Vicente, Ana C P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; QNR GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 46349103130     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080132     Document Type: Article

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