Transferable fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hemocultures short communication

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-63

  Kulková, Nad'a ^a,c   Babálová, Marta ^b,c   Brňová, Jaroslava ^a,c   Krčméry, Vladimír ^a,c  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Fluoroquinolones; Gram negative bacteria; Resistance; Transferable fluoroquinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SLOVAKIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84902145946     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3884     Document Type: Article

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