Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants in Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated in North-East Italy

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-40

  Kocsis, B ^a,b   Mazzariol, A ^a   Kocsis, E ^a   Koncan, R ^a   Fontana, R ^a   Cornaglia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aac(6') ib cr; Enterobactriaceae; Fluoroquinolone resistance; PMQR determinants; QNR

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITROBACTER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84873173104     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1120009X12Z.00000000078     Document Type: Article

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