Detection of the Smqnr quinolone protection gene and its prevalence in clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in China

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-539

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Sun, Qian ^a   Hu, Yun Jian ^b   Yu, Hua ^c   Li, Yi ^d   Shen, Qiang ^e   Li, Guo Xiong ^f   Cao, Jun Min ^g   Yang, Wei ^h   Wang, Qin ⁱ   Zhou, Hong Wei ^a   Hu, Yan Yan ^a   Chen, Gong Xiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c People's Hospital of Sichuan   (China)

^d People's Hospital of Henan   (China)

^e HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f LISHUI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^g Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^h Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

ⁱ ZHUJI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMQNR GENE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUINOLONES; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84863248679     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.037309-0     Document Type: Article

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