QRDR mutations, efflux system & antimicrobial resistance genes in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from an outbreak of diarrhoea in Ahmedabad, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 214-223

  Pazhani, G P ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a   Fujihara, K ^b   Yamasaki, S ^b   Ghosh, A ^a   Nair, G B ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efflux system; ETEC; Integrons; Mutations; QRDR; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GENTAMICIN; INTEGRASE; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PROTEIN AAC(6') IB CR; PROTEIN AADA1; PROTEIN AADA5; PROTEIN APHA1 IA; PROTEIN BLATEM 1; PROTEIN CATAI; PROTEIN DFRA17; PROTEIN PARC; PROTEIN SAT1; PROTEIN STRA; PROTEIN TET; QUINOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EFFUSION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 80054750812     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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