Occurrence and characteristics of class 1 and 2 integrons in clinical bacterial isolates from patients in South China

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-450

  Yan, He ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Zong, Minhua ^a   Alam, Muhammad Jahangir ^c   Shinoda, Sumio ^b   Shi, Lei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Clinical isolate; Gene cassette; Integrons

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; CHINA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77955795055     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.56.442     Document Type: Article

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