Sequence type ST405 Escherichia coli isolate producing QepA1, CTX-M-15, and RmtB from Detroit, Michigan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3966-3967

  Tian, Guo Bao ^a   Rivera, Jesabel I ^b   Park, Yoon Soo ^c   Johnson, Laura E ^d   Hingwe, Ameet ^d   Adams Haduch, Jennifer M ^b   Doi, Yohei ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PROTEIN QEPA1; PROTEIN QNRA; PROTEIN QNRB; PROTEIN QNRC; PROTEIN QNRS; PROTEIN RMTB; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960339600     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00652-11     Document Type: Letter

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