Genetic determinants for cfxA expression in Bacteroides strains isolated from human infections

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 942-947

  García, Nuria ^a   Gutiérrez, Gloria ^a   Lorenzo, María ^a   García, José E ^b   Píriz, Segundo ^a   Quesada, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enzyme expression; Mobile elements; Up regulation; lactamases

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 54549090090     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn347     Document Type: Article

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