Transfer of antimicrobial resistance plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Escherichia coli in the mouse intestine

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1086-1093

  Schjørring, Susanne ^a   Struve, Carsten ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Horizontal gene transfer; Indigenous flora; MGH78578; Selective pressure; Streptomycin treated mice

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTESTINES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; PLASMIDS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 54549124769     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn323     Document Type: Article

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