Spread of the qnrVC quinolone resistance determinant in vibrio cholerae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 457-

  Da Fonseca, Érica Lourenço ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QNRVC GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; QUINOLONES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78650650661     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00998-10     Document Type: Letter

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