Involvement, and dissemination, of the enterococcal small multidrug resistance transporter QacZ in resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-286

  Braga, Teresa M ^a   Marujo, Paulo E ^b   Pomba, Constança ^c   Lopes, M Fátima Silva ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b IBET   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biocides; Enterococcus; Qac

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; QACZ GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 78651439532     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq460     Document Type: Article

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