Integron gene cassettes in Acinetobacter spp. strains from South China

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-445

  Xu, Xiaoping ^a   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Cheng, Xun ^c   Yan, Bing ^a   Du, Xin ^a   Gai, Junhui ^a   Ai, Hui ^a   Shi, Lei ^c   Iredell, Jon ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Integron; RFLP

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHINA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 53249132638     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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