Novel cassette array in a class 1 integron in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from central Iran

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 645-650

  Japoni Nejad, Alireza ^a   Farshad, Shohreh ^b   van Belkum, Alex ^c,d   Ghaznavi Rad, Ehsanollah ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Antimicrobial resistance; Class 1 integron; Gene cassette array; QacF gene

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA CANIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

A. BAUMANNII; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; CLASS 1 INTEGRON; GENE CASSETTE ARRAY; QACF GENE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84887606332     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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