SmQnr contributes to intrinsic resistance to quinolones in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 580-581

  Sánchez, María B ^a   Martínez, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE DELETION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMQNR GENE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 73849139244     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00496-09     Document Type: Letter

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