Molecular basis of sulfonamide and trimethoprim resistance in fish-pathogenic Aeromonas isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7147-7150

  Kadlec, Kristina ^a   von Czapiewski, Ellen ^a,b   Kaspar, Heike ^b   Wallmann, Jürgen ^b   Michael, Geovana Brenner ^a   Steinacker, Ulrike ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; CLASS 1 INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR BASIS; RESISTANCE GENES; TRIMETHOPRIM;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GENES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; PATHOGENICITY;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INTEGRONS; SULFONAMIDES; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 82955194470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00560-11     Document Type: Article

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