Integron types, gene cassettes, antimicrobial resistance genes and plasmids of Shigella sonnei isolates from outbreaks and sporadic cases in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-204

  Chang, Chung Yu ^a   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Lin, Chung Che ^a   Lee, Tsong Ming ^c   Tsai, Mei Yin ^a   Chang, Lin Li ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLOSIS; SUL2 GENE; SUL3 GENE; TAIWAN; TETA GENE; TETB GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 79251519987     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022517-0     Document Type: Article

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