Plasmid-mediated streptomycin and sulfamethoxazole resistance in Shigella flexneri 3a

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-351

  Barman, Soumik ^a   Chatterjee, Sohini ^a   Chowdhury, Goutam ^a   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Kumar, Ranajit ^a   Koley, Hemanta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Drug resistance; Plasmid; Shigella flexneri 3a

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 3A;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

EID: 77955923850     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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