Genetic environment of sul genes and characterisation of integrons in Escherichia coli isolates of blood origin in a Spanish hospital

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 492-496

  Vinué, Laura ^a   Sáenz, Yolanda ^b   Rojo Bezares, Beatriz ^b   Olarte, Inés ^c   Undabeitia, Esther ^c   Somalo, Sergio ^a   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a,b   Torres, Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Integrons; Sul genes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONAMIDE RESISTANCE 1; SULFONAMIDE RESISTANCE 2; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; HOSPITAL; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 77949652816     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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