Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium conjugative plasmids transferring resistance to antibiotics and their interaction with the virulence plasmid

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 938-941

  Hradecka, H ^a   Karasova, D ^a   Rychlik, I ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

HCM1.225; Integrons; rck; Tn1721; Tn3

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; R PLASMID; REPLICON; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYNTENY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 54549105814     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn286     Document Type: Article

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