Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Salmonella from South Africa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1393-1394

  Govender, Nevashan ^a   Smith, Anthony M ^a,b   Karstaedt, Alan S ^b,c   Keddy, Karen H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; R FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349330620     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009621-0     Document Type: Letter

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