Distribution of Class I integrons and their effect on the prevalence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates from Sudan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-247

  Ibrahim, Mutasim E ^a   Magzoub, Magzoub A ^b   Bilal, Naser E ^a   Hamid, Mohamed E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SUDAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SUDAN;

EID: 84875039088     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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