Antibiotic resistance patterns and sequencing of class i integron from uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Lebanon

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-461

  El Najjar, N G ^a   Farah, M J ^a   Hashwa, F A ^a   Tokajian, S T ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; class I integron; RFLP; UPEC; variable region

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMARKERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASS I; RFLP; UPEC; VARIABLE REGION;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRON; LEBANON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956636053     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02926.x     Document Type: Article

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