Isolation of metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides fragilis carrying the nimA nitroreductase gene from a patient in Washington State

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4127-4129

  Schapiro, Jeffrey M ^a   Gupta, Rachna ^a   Stefansson, Eric ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^a   Limaye, Ajit P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROREDUCTASE;

AFRICA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; NIMA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANKLE JOINT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GHANA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROREDUCTASES; TRAVEL; WASHINGTON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES SP.; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644251288     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4127-4129.2004     Document Type: Article

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