Prevalence of 16S rRNA methylase conferring high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli in China

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-388

  Xia, Qingqing ^a,b   Wang, Hongning ^a   Zhang, Anyun ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Yunfei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARMA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NPMA GENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RMTB GENE; RMTC GENE; SWINE DISEASE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79952818942     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.01.004     Document Type: Letter

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