Acquisition of antimicrobial resistance determinants by virulence plasmids specific for nontyphoid serovars of Salmonella enterica

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 55-65

  Rodicio, M Rosario ^a   Herrero, Ana ^a   Rodríguez, Irene ^c   García, Patricia ^a   Montero, Ignacio ^a   Beutlich, Janine ^c   Rodicio, Rosaura ^b   Guerra, Beatriz ^c   Mendoza, M Carmen ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microbiology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; clonal expansion; insertion sequences; integrons; mobile genetic elements; plasmid evolution; Salmonella enterica; spv genes; transposons; virulence resistance plasmids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 79960348645     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: 14735601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRM.0b013e328346d87d     Document Type: Review

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