First detection of the staphylococcal trimethoprim resistance gene dfrK and the dfrK-carrying transposon Tn559 in enterococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  López, María ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DFRK GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENE LOCATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84856715720     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0073     Document Type: Article

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