Transferable mechanisms of quinolone resistance

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Ruiz, Joaquim ^a,b,c   Pons, Maria J ^a   Gomes, Cláudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AAC(6 ) Ib cr; Natural transformation; OqxAB; Qep; Qnr; Quinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUMEQUINE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PROTEIN QNR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SLOW GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID ENCODED EFFLUX PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUINOLONE TARGET PROTECTION; REVIEW; TRANSFERABLE MECHANISM OF QUINOLONE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84864586160     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.02.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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