Ciliates promote the transfer of the gene encoding the extended-spectrum β-lactamase CTX-M-27 between Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-530

  Oguri, Satoshi ^a   Matsuo, Junji ^b   Hayashi, Yasuhiro ^b   Nakamura, Shinji ^c   Hanawa, Tomoko ^d   Fukumoto, Tatsuya ^a   Mizutani, Yoshihiko ^e   Yao, Takashi ^e   Akizawa, Kouzi ^a   Suzuki, Haruki ^a   Shimizu, Chikara ^a   Matsuno, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Kamiya, Shigeru ^d   Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

E. coli; ESBLs; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; LATRUNCULIN B;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CILIATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFOTAXIME; CILIOPHORA; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS;

EID: 79951536805     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq487     Document Type: Article

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