Bacteriophages as vehicles of the resistome in cystic fibrosis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2444-2447

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Fancello, Laura ^a   Desnues, Christelle ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Microbiota; Mobilome; Multidrug resistance; Phage induction; Transduction

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RESISTOME GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; METAGENOME;

EID: 80054699828     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr318     Document Type: Article

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