Natural transfer of sulphonamide and ampicillin resistance between Escherichia coli residing in the human intestine

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Trobos, Margarita ^a,b   Lester, Camilla H ^a   Olsen, John E ^b   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal; E. coli; Human gut; Sulphonamide resistance; Transfer

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULPHONAMIDE RESISTANCE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649238024     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn437     Document Type: Article

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