Dissemination of multiple drug resistance genes by class 1 integrons in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from four countries: A comparative study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3140-3149

  Chowdhury, Piklu Roy ^a   Ingold, Ana ^a   Vanegas, Natasha ^a,h   Martínez, Elena ^a,b   Merlino, John ^f,g   Merkier, Andrea Karina ^c   Castro, Mercedes ⁱ   Rocha, Gerardo González ^d   Borthagaray, Graciela ^b   Centrón, Daniela ^c   Toledo, Helia Bello ^d   Márquez, Carolina M ^e   Stokes, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^f Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^g University of Sydney   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

ⁱ Hospital General de las Fuerzas Armadas de Uruguay   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M2; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; INTEGRONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79959264026     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01529-10     Document Type: Article

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