Molecular epidemiology of fluoroquinolone-resistant ST131 Escherichia coli producing CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamases in nursing homes in Belfast, UK

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-303

  Dhanji, Hiran ^a   Doumith, Michel ^a   Rooney, Paul J ^b   O'Leary, Maureen C ^b   Loughrey, Anne C ^b   Hope, Russell ^a   Woodford, Neil ^a   Livermore, David M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blaCTX M 15; blaCTX M 3; Cephalosporin resistance; pEK204; pEK499

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSING HOMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78651434665     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq463     Document Type: Article

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