Presence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates possessing blaVIM-1 in Greece

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-254

  Galani, I ^a   Souli, M ^a   Mitchell, N ^a   Chryssouli, Z ^a   Giamarellou, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

CMY 13; Fluoroquinolones; Metallo lactamase; Qnr

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 13; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 1; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DORIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN AAC(6') IB; PROTEIN PARC; PROTEIN QNRA1; PROTEIN QNRB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; QNR PROTEIN, E COLI; QNR PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VIM-1 METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREECE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES;

EID: 77954958065     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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