GIsul2, a genomic island carrying the sul2 sulphonamide resistance gene and the small mobile element CR2 found in the Enterobacter cloacae subspecies cloacae type strain ATCC 13047 from 1890, Shigella flexneri ATCC 700930 from 1954 and Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 from 1951

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2175-2176

  Nigro, Steven J ^a   Hall, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant a. baumannii; CR2; Sul2; Sulphonamide resistance gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUL2; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMIC ISLAND; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 80051690984     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr230     Document Type: Letter

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