Replicon sequence typing of IncF plasmids carrying virulence and resistance determinants

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2518-2529

  Villa, Laura ^a   García Fernández, Aurora ^a   Fortini, Daniela ^a   Carattoli, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

lactamases; CTX M; ESBLs; Incompatibility groups; Plasmid mediated resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INCF PLASMID; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON SEQUENCE TYPING; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78149487550     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq347     Document Type: Article

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