Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Large Singapore Hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1070-1073

  Deepak, Rama Narayana ^a   Koh, Tse Hsien ^a   Chan, Kian Sing ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Ciprofloxacin; Qnr; Transferable

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QNRA GENE; QNRB GENE; QNRS GENE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 76149084185     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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