Characterization of quinolone-resistant enterococcus faecalis isolates from healthy chickens and pigs in Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 443-450

  Kuo, Hung Chih ^a   Chou, Chi Chung ^b   Chang, Ching Dong ^c   Gong, Shuen Rong ^d   Wang, Ming Heng ^e   Chang, Shao Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Efflux pump; Enterococcus faecalis; Quinolone resistance; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; ENROFLOXACIN; FLUMEQUINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXOLINIC ACID; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESERPINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; EMEA GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TAIWAN;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77949647652     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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