Role of integrons in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Acinetobacter baumannii

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-443

  Lin, Ming Feng ^a,b   Chang, Kai Chih ^c   Yang, Chang Yao ^d   Yang, Chih Man ^e   Xiao, Chih Chuan ^f   Kuo, Han Yeh ^e   Liou, Ming Li ^f  

^a Chutung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ANIMAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^e Hsinchu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFEPIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649574382     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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