Characterization of sulphonamide-resistant Escherichia coli using comparison of sul2 gene sequences and multilocus sequence typing

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 831-836

  Trobos, Margarita ^a,b   Christensen, Henrik ^a   Sunde, Marianne ^c   Nordentoft, Steen ^d   Agersø, Yvonne ^d   Simonsen, Gunnar S ^e,f   Hammerum, Anette M ^b   Olsen, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUL2; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SUL2 PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POINT MUTATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; POINT MUTATION; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

EID: 64049102551     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.024190-0     Document Type: Article

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