First description of qnrS1-IncN plasmid in a ST11 Salmonella Enteritidis clinical isolate from Portugal

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-465

  Antunes, Patrícia ^a   Mourão, Joana ^a   Machado, Jorge ^b   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

IncN plasmid; Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR); Portugal; QnrS; Quinolone resistance; Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QEPA GENE; QNR GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PORTUGAL; QUINOLONES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952425613     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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