SXT-related integrating conjugative element and IncC plasmids in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains in Eastern Africa

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-442

  Pugliese, N ^a   Maimone, F ^b   Scrascia, M ^a   Materu, S F ^c   Pazzani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Conjugation; Mobile elements; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENE PRODUCT; STREPTOMYCIN; STX RELATED INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ETHIOPIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; KENYA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOMALIA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 60649099385     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn542     Document Type: Article

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