Novel integron-mediated fosfomycin resistance gene fosK

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4978-4979

  Kitanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Wachino, Jun Ichi ^a   Jin, Wanchun ^a   Yokoyama, Satoru ^a   Sasano, Masa Aki ^b   Hori, Mitsuhiro ^b   Yamada, Keiko ^a   Kimura, Kouji ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOSFOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSFOMYCIN; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84905367903     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03131-14     Document Type: Letter

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