Carriage of qnrA1 and qnrB2, blaCTX-M15, and complex class 1 integron in a clinical multiresistant Citrobacter freundii isolate

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-190

  Ferreira, Sónia ^a   Paradela, Ana ^a   Velez, Jorge ^b   Ramalheira, Elmano ^b   Walsh, Timothy R ^c   Mendo, Sónia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citrobacter freundii; Quinolone; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M15; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEIN QNRA1; PROTEIN QNRB2; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; HUMAN; INTEGRON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PORTUGAL; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77952744533     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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