New integron gene arrays from multiresistant clinical isolates of members of the Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospitals in Malaysia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 412-420

  Kor, Sue Bee ^a   Choo, Quok Cheong ^a   Chew, Choy Hoong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALAYSIA; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874217126     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.053645-0     Document Type: Article

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