Widespread dissemination of aminoglycoside resistance genes armA and rmtB in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan producing CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Ma, Ling ^a   Lin, Chi Jan ^a,b   Chen, Jiun Han ^c   Fung, Chang Phone ^d   Chang, Feng Yee ^e   Lai, Yiu Kay ^b   Lin, Jung Chung ^e   Siu, L K ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARMA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RMTB GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TAIWAN; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

EID: 59649114511     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00852-08     Document Type: Article

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