High Prevalence of qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr Genes in Both Water-Borne Environmental Bacteria and Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii in China

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-163

  Zhang, Rong ^a,b   Ichijo, Tomoaki ^b   Huang, Yong Lu ^a   Cai, Jia Chang ^a   Zhou, Hong Wei ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^b   Nasu, Masao ^b   Chen, Gong Xiang ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Environmental bacteria; Quinolone resistance gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862669659     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11308     Document Type: Article

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