Genetic background of quinolone resistance in CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains in Tunisia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-67

  Abbassi, M S ^a,b   Ruiz, E ^b   Saenz Y ^c   Mechergui, A ^a   Hassen, A Ben ^a   Torres, Carmen ^b,c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAC(6') IB GENE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; QEPA GENE; QNRA GENE; QNRB GENE; QNRS GENE; TUNISIA;

EID: 77950116220     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2010.22.1.66     Document Type: Article

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