Genetic analysis of Tn916-like elements conferring tetracycline resistance in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-77

  Dong, Danfeng ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Jiang, Cen ^a   Zhang, Lihua ^a   Cai, Gang ^a   Han, Lizhong ^a   Wang, Xuefeng ^a   Mao, Enqiang ^a   Peng, Yibing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Tetracycline resistance; Tn916 like elements

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF20 GENE; ORF21 GENE; ORF23 GENE; ORF24 GENE; OVERLAPPING GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TET GENE; TN916 LIKE ELEMENT; TRANSPOSON;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TN916-LIKE ELEMENTS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84890806417     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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