Molecular analysis of the effector mechanisms of cefoxitin resistance among bacteroides strains

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2492-2500

  Sóki, József ^a   Gonzalez, Silvia Marina ^b   Urbán, Edit ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a   Ayala, Juan Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cephamycinases; CfxA; MTn4555; Penicillin binding protein(s)

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EPSILOMETER TEST; IC 50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFOXITIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80054678172     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr339     Document Type: Article

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