Presence of qacEΔ1 gene and susceptibility to a hospital biocide in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to antibiotics

Current Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Romão, Célia ^a   Miranda, Catia Aparecida ^a   Silva, Jaqueline ^a   Mandetta Clementino, Maysa ^a   De Filippis, Ivano ^a   Asensi, Marise ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BIOCIDE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIMENTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QACEDELTA1 GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79959712026     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9934-0     Document Type: Article

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