Investigation of qnr and aac(6′)-Ib-cr in Enterobacter cloacae isolates from Anhui Province, China

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-459

  Xiong, Zizhong ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Wei, Yanyan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Cao, Hongxia ^a   Huang, Huashan ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aac(6 ) Ib cr; Enterobacter cloacae; qnr

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFMETAZOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 56049100696     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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