Prevalence of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants among clinical isolates of Shigella sp. in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Bhattacharya, D ^a   Bhattacharjee, H ^a   Thamizhmani, R ^a   Sayi, D S ^a   Bharadwaj, A P ^b   Singhania, M ^c   Sugunan, A P ^a   Roy, S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Chirayu Child Care Centre   (India)

^c G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolone; Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance; Resistance; Shigella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENE THERAPY; PEDIATRICS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLINICAL ISOLATES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MULTIPLE MUTATIONS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PLASMID-MEDIATED QUINOLONE RESISTANCE; QUINOLONES; RESISTANCE; SHIGELLA;

DNA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PLASMID DNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE MUTATION; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID MEDIATED QUINOLONE RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; QNRB GENE; SHIGELLA;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 79960135641     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03092.x     Document Type: Note

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