Involvement of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump in the resistance, fitness, and virulence of Enterobacter cloacae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2084-2090

  Pérez, Astrid ^a   Poza, Margarita ^a   Fernández, Ana ^a   Del Carmen Fernández, Maria ^a   Mallo, Susana ^a   Merino, María ^a   Rumbo Feal, Soraya ^a   Cabral, María P ^a   Bou, Germán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRA PROTEIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETIC FITNESS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84858692354     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05509-11     Document Type: Article

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