MLST typing of Escherichia coli isolates overproducing AmpC β-lactamase

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1290-1292

  Guillouzouic, A ^a,b   Caroff, Nathalie ^a,b   Dauvergne, S ^b   Lepelletier, D ^a,b   Perrin Guyomard, A ^c   Kempf, I ^c   Reynaud, A ^a,b   Corvec, S ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

AmpC cephalosporinase; E. coli; Overproduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; PROTEIN ADK; PROTEIN FUMC; PROTEIN ICD; PROTEIN MDH; PROTEIN PURA; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 65749089635     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp099     Document Type: Letter

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