Antimicrobial resistance, integrons and plasmid replicon typing in multiresistant clinical Escherichia coli strains from Enugu State, Nigeria

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Chah, Kennedy F ^a   Agbo, Ifeoma C ^a   Eze, Didacus C ^a   Somalo, Sergio ^b   Estepa, Vanesa ^b   Torres, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gene cassettes; GyrA; Integrons; ParC; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REPLICON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICON;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649670850     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900325     Document Type: Article

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