The role of the qacA gene in mediating resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-167

  Cervinkova, Dana ^a   Babak, Vladimir ^a   Marosevic, Durdica ^a   Kubikova, Iva ^a   Jaglic, Zoran ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84878281426     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2012.0154     Document Type: Article

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