Characterization of antimicrobial resistance patterns and integrons in human fecal Escherichia coli in Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-181

  Yang, Chih Man ^a,b   Lin, Ming Feng ^c   Lin, Chung Hui ^b   Huang, Yi Ting ^b   Hsu, Chia Tse ^d   Liou, Ming Li ^b  

^a Hsin Chu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chutung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE; LOMEFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; TAIWAN;

EID: 69249235514     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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