Acetylation of fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents by an Escherichia coli strain isolated from a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 564-571

  Jung, C M ^a   Heinze, T M ^a   Strakosha, R ^a,b   Elkins, C A ^a   Sutherland, J B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Antimicrobial agents; Escherichia coli; Fluoroquinolones; Quinolone resistance determining regions; Resistance; Transformation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AEROBIC BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FLUOROQUINOLONES; MINIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; N-ACETYLATION; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE-RESISTANCE DETERMINING REGION; QUINOLONES; RESISTANCE; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACETYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58549086167     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04026.x     Document Type: Article

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