Investigation of the prevalence of tetQ, tetX and tetX1 genes in Bacteroides strains with elevated tigecycline minimum inhibitory concentrations

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 522-525

  Bartha, Noémi Anikó ^a   Sóki, József ^a   Urbán, Edit ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; tetQ; tetX; tetX1; Tigecycline

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES SALYERSAE; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMF GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETQ GENE; TETX GENE; TETX1 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 80255127317     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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