Molecular characterisation of trimethoprim resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae during a two year intervention on trimethoprim use

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Brolund, Alma ^a   Sundqvist, Martin ^b,c   Kahlmeter, Gunnar ^b,c   Grape, Malin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFADROXIL; DFRA1 PROTEIN; DFRA10 PROTEIN; DFRA12 PROTEIN; DFRA14 PROTEIN; DFRA17 PROTEIN; DFRA24 PROTEIN; DFRA26 PROTEIN; DFRA5 PROTEIN; DFRA8 PROTEIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; ISOENZYME; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ISOENZYMES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHENOTYPE; SWEDEN; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77949529762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009233     Document Type: Article

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