Structural Diversity of Class 1 Integrons and Their Associated Gene Cassettes in Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from a Hospital in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Li, Bin ^a   Hu, Yongfei ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Yi, Yong ^b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^c   Jing, Hua ^b   Zhu, Baoli ^a   Liu, Cui Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTETAN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AADA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFRA GENE; DFRA1 ORFC GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84884759477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075805     Document Type: Article

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