Epidemiology of qnrVC alleles and emergence out of the Vibrionaceae family

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART10, 2013, Pages 1628-1630

  Fonseca, Erica L ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHINA; CODON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QNRVC GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUINOLONES; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 84884470186     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.062661-0     Document Type: Letter

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