Trimethoprim resistance in a porcine Pasteurella aerogenes isolate is based on a dfrA1 gene cassette located in a partially truncated class 2 integron

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 450-452

  Kehrenberg, Corinna ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Multidrug resistance; Recombination

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ADENYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; NOURSEOTHRICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DFRA1 GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTEGRON; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA AEROGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; INTEGRONS; PASTEURELLA; PLASMIDS; SWINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

EID: 78651464871     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq461     Document Type: Letter

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