Mutator genes giving rise to decreased antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3810-3813

  Wiegand, Irith ^a   Marr, Alexandra K ^a   Breidenstein, Elena B M ^a   Schurek, Kristen N ^a   Taylor, Patrick ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PROTEIN MUTL; PROTEIN MUTS; TOBRAMYCIN;

AHPF GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PA3958 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADA GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 54049152810     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00233-08     Document Type: Article

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