Intrinsic fluoroquinolone resistance in Orientia tsutsugamushi

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-341

  Tantibhedhyangkul, Wiwit ^a   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Tongyoo, Narongchai ^b   Newton, Paul N ^b,c   Moore, Catrin E ^b,c   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone ^b,c   Raoult, Didier ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; Fluoroquinolone resistance; Laos; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DOXYCYCLINE; LEUCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SERINE; TETRACYCLINE; THREONINE;

ABORTION; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; STILLBIRTH; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREGNANCY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049101675     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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