Qnr, aac(6')-ib-cr and qepA genes in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.: Genetic environments and plasmid and chromosomal location

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 886-897

  Ruiz, Elena ^a   Sáenz, Yolanda ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Rocha Gracia, Rosa ^c   Martínez Martínez, Luis ^d,e   Arlet, Guillaume ^f   Torres, Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aac(6') Ib cr; IncF; IncN; IncR; qepA; qnrB; qnrS

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAC(3)-II GENE; AAC(6')-IB-CR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OQXAB GENE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QEPA GENE; QNR GENE; QNRB4 GENE; QNRB6 GENE; QNRS1 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858690979     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr548     Document Type: Article

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