Plasmids and the spread of resistance

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Carattoli, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; ESBL; Incompatibility groups; PMQR; Replicon typing

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; REPLICON; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPOSON; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

CARBAPENEMASES; ESBL; INCOMPATIBILITY GROUPS; PMQR; REPLICON TYPING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; R FACTORS;

EID: 84880748808     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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