Distribution of the antiseptic-resistance gene qacEΔ1 in 283 clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacteria in China

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-396

  Wang, C ^a   Zhan, Q ^a   Mi, Z ^b   Huang, Z ^c   Chen, G ^a  

^a WUXI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuxi Clone Gen Tech Institute   (China)

^c 98th Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CETRIMIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN P; PROTEIN QACE; SULFONAMIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 47749088956     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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