Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in gram-negative bacterial species: An update

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1028-1046

  Cattoir, Vincent ^a,b   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a INSERM U917   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aac(6 ) Ib cr; PMQR; QepA; Qnr; QnrA; QnrB; QnrC; QnrS; Quinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; ENROFLOXACIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; N ACETYL CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXOLINIC ACID; PEFLOXACIN; PIPEMIDIC ACID; PROTEIN QEPA; PROTEIN QNR; PROTEIN QNRA; PROTEIN QNRB; PROTEIN QNRC; PROTEIN QNRS; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DRUG ACETYLATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASMID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES;

EID: 65649086093     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986709787581879     Document Type: Review

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