Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli from infants in Lima, Peru

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 540-542

  Riveros, Maribel ^a   Riccobono, Eleonora ^b   Durand, David ^a   Mosquito, Susan ^a   Ruiz, Joaquim ^c,d   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^b   Ochoa, Theresa J ^a   Pallecchi, Lucia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID MEDIATED QUINOLONE RESISTANCE GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QEPA GENE; QNRA GENE; QNRB GENE; QNRC GENE; QNRD GENE; QNRS GENE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84860470036     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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