High level of gentamicin resistance (HLGR) among enterococcus strains isolated from clinical specimens

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Dadfarma, Narges ^a   Imani Fooladi, Abbas Ali ^b   Oskoui, Mahvash ^c   Mahmoodzadeh Hosseini, Hamideh ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical specimens; Enterococci; High level gentamicin resistance (HLGR); Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ATAXIN 1; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SULITARIUS; HIGH LEVEL OF GENTAMICIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84877685985     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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