Molecular diversity of class 1 integrons in human isolates of Aeromonas spp. from southern Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Lee, Mei Feng ^a   Peng, Chien Fang ^a   Lin, Yen Hwei ^a   Lin, Shiu Ru ^b   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TAIWAN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 54449088477     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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