Prevalence of the Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes, aac(6')-Ib-cr, qepA, and oqxAB in Clinical Isolates of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korea

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-197

  Park, Kyung Sun ^a   Kim, Myeong Hee ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Nam, You Sun ^b   Lee, Hee Joo ^a   Suh, Jin Tae ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extendedspectrum lactamase (ESBL); Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes, aac(6') Ib cr, qepA, oqxAB

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAC(6') IB CR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OQXAB GENE; PLASMID MEDIATED QUINOLONE RESISTANCE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QEPA GENE; QNR GENE; SOUTH KOREA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84864120619     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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