Plasmid-borne armA methylase gene, together with blaCTX-M-15 and blaTEM-1, in a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate from China

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1273-1276

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a   Shen, Xiao Qiang ^b   Shen, Ping ^a   Yu, Yun Song ^a   Li, Lan Juan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTAZIDIME PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISEPAMICIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; NETILMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARMA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLACTX M 15 GENE; BLATEM 1 GENE; CHINA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA 157; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID EC157; PLASMID KO157; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 53749087182     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001271-0     Document Type: Article

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