A novel complex class 1 integron found in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Portugal

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1036-1039

  Santos, C ^a   Caetano, T ^a,b   Ferreira, S ^a,c   Ramalheira, E ^c   Mendo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Pharmaceutical Products SA   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complex class 1 integron; Inanimate surface; ISCR1; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA 16S; LEVOFLOXACIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASS 1 INTEGRON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRON; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79959993806     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03416.x     Document Type: Article

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