Investigation of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among isolates obtained in a Turkish intensive care unit

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-312

  Nazik, Hasan ^a   Öngen, Betigül ^a   Kuvat, Nuray ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROTEIN QNRA; PROTEIN QNRB; PROTEIN QNRB1; PROTEIN QNRS; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PREVALENCE; QUINOLONES; TURKEY;

EID: 48749099891     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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