Molecular characterisation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains carrying an SXT/R391-like element from cholera outbreaks in Kenya: 1994-2007

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kiiru, John N ^a,b,c   Saidi, Suleiman M ^a   Goddeeris, Bruno M ^b,d   Wamae, Njeri C ^a   Butaye, Patrick ^c,d   Kariuki, Samuel M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FURAZOLIDONE; GENOMIC DNA; MONOBACTAM; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSPOSASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DFRA1 GENE; DFRA18 GENE; EPIDEMIC; FLOR GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; INTEGRON; KENYA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRESSOR GENE; RSTRR GENE; SEROTYPING; STRB GENE; SULL1 GENE; TRANSPOSON; TRPM GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

HYLA; OVIS ARIES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 74849103942     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-275     Document Type: Article

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