Identification and characterization of class 1 integrons among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in Zhenjiang, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 717-721

  Chen, Jianguo ^a   Su, Zhaoliang ^a   Liu, Yingzhao ^a   Wang, Shengjun ^a   Dai, Xiaoli ^a   Li, Yazhen ^a   Peng, Sufang ^a   Shao, Qixiang ^a   Zhang, Haifang ^a   Wen, Ping ^a   Yu, Jianren ^a   Huang, Xinxiang ^a   Xu, Huaxi ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene cassettes; Integrons; Multi drug resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70350570503     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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