Reservoir of antimicrobial resistance determinants associated with horizontal gene transfer in clinical isolates of the genus Shewanella

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4516-4517

  Ramírez, María Soledad ^a   Merkier, Andrea Karina ^a   Almuzara, Marisa ^b   Vay, Carlos ^b   Centrón, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESERVOIR; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 77957350967     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00570-10     Document Type: Letter

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