Accumulation of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance genes, qepA and qnrSl, in Enterobacter aerogenes co-producing RmtB and class A β-lactamase LAP-1

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Park, Yeon Joon ^a   Yu, Jin Kyung ^a   Kim, Sang Il ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

blaLAP 1; Gene co transferance; ISCR3C; qepA; qnrS1; rmtB

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QEPA GENE; QNRS1 GENE; RMTB GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 60249089032     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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