Occurrence of class 1 and 2 integrons in resistant enterobacteriaceae collected from a urban wastewater treatment plant: First report from central Italy

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Pellegrini, Cristina ^a   Celenza, Giuseppe ^a   Segatore, Bernardetta ^a   Bellio, Pierangelo ^a   Setacci, Domenico ^a   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^a   Perilli, Mariagrazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTEGRON; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ITALY; MEDICAL WASTE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AQUILA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 79957665747     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0117     Document Type: Article

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