AbaR-type transposon structures in Acinetobacter baumannii

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 234-236

  Bonnin, Rémy A ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; European clone; Genomic islands; Transposons

Indexed keywords

ABAR PROTEIN; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TIMENTIN; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSON; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84859186333     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr413     Document Type: Letter

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