Genetic identity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolates from human and animal sources

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-707

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Wong, River C ^b   Lo, Stephanie W ^a   Chow, Kin Hung ^a   Wong, Samson S ^a   Que, Tak Lun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AACC2 GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HONG KONG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ADULT; ALLELES; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77952997850     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.015032-0     Document Type: Article

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