Resistance patterns and integron cassette arrays of enterobacter cloacae complex strains of human origin

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Mokracka, Joanna ^a   Koczura, Ryszard ^a   PawŁowski, Konrad ^a   Kaznowski, Adam ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI; ENTEROBACTER KOBEI; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HSP60 GENE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79957623880     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.027979-0     Document Type: Article

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