Detection of resistance genes and susceptibility patterns in Bacteroides and Parabacteroides strains

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Boente, Renata F ^a   Ferreira, Livia Q ^a   Falcão, Laís S ^a   Miranda, Karla R ^a   Guimarães, Priscilla L S ^a   Santos Filho, Joaquim ^a   Vieira, Jessica M B D ^a   Barroso, David E ^b   Emond, Jean Philippe ^c   Ferreira, Eliane O ^a   Paula, Geraldo R ^d   Domingues, Regina M C P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal   (France)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteroides; Parabacteroides; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN CEPA; PROTEIN CFIA; PROTEIN CFXA; PROTEIN ERMF; PROTEIN NIM; PROTEIN TETQ; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; NONHUMAN; PARABACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTEROIDES INFECTION; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77953207298     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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