Epidemiological Characterizations of Class 1 Integrons from Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter Isolates in Daejeon, Korea

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 293-299

  Sung, Ji Youn ^a   Koo, Sun Hoe ^b   Kim, Semi ^b   Kwon, Kye Chul ^b  

^a Far East University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Integron; MDR Acinetobacter spp.; MLST; Sequence types

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84904434243     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.4.293     Document Type: Article

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