Commensal Enterobacteriaceae as reservoirs of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, integrons, and sul genes in Portugal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Machado, Elisabete ^a,b   Coque, Teresa M ^c   Cantón, Rafael ^c   Sousa, João C ^b   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Class 1 and class 2 integrons; CTX M 14; ESBLS; Healthy volunteers; TEM 153

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOUBLE DISK SYNERGY TEST; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SULFONAMID RESISTANCE GENE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORGANELLA MORGANII;

EID: 84884258701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00080     Document Type: Article

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