High prevalence of mutators among Enterobacter cloacae nosocomial isolates and their association with antimicrobial resistance and repetitive detection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1488-1493

  Matsushima, A ^a   Takakura, S ^a   Fujihara, N ^a   Saito, T ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Iinuma, Y ^a   Ichiyama, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Mutators; Nosocomial infection; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 77956131976     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03145.x     Document Type: Article

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