Tn3-associated rmtB together with qnrS1, aac(6′)-Ib-cr and blaCTX-M-15 are co-located on an F49:A-:B- plasmid in an Escherichia coli ST10 strain in China

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-238

  Li, De Xi ^a   Zhang, Su Mei ^a   Hu, Gong Zheng ^a   Wang, Yang ^b   Liu, He Bing ^b   Wu, Cong Ming ^b   Shang, Yan Hong ^a   Chen, Yu Xia ^a   Du, Xiang Dang ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; ESBLs; Fluoroquinolones; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AAC(6') IB CR PROTEIN; AMIKACIN; BLA CTX M 15 PROTEIN; CEFTIOFUR; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FLORFENICOL; QNRS1 PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RMTB PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOVINE MASTITIS; BROTH DILUTION; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

EID: 84859203836     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr428     Document Type: Letter

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