Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance by genes qnrA1 and qnrB19 in Salmonella strains isolated in Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 496-498

  Ferrari, Rafaela Gomes ^a   Galiana, Antonio ^b   Cremades, Rosa ^b   Rodríguez, Juan Carlos ^b   Magnani, Marciane ^a   Tognim, Maria Cristina B ^c   Oliveira, Tereza C R M ^a   Royo, Gloria ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

QnrA1; QnrB19; Quinolone resistance; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; QNRA1 GENE; QNRB19 GENE; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 79960142122     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1735     Document Type: Letter

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