Comparative genomics of an IncA/C multidrug resistance plasmid from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella isolates from intensive care unit patients and the utility of whole-genome sequencing in health care settings

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4814-4825

  Hazen, Tracy H ^a   Zhao, LiCheng ^a   Boutin, Mallory A ^a   Stancil, Angela ^a   Robinson, Gwen ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^b   Rasko, David A ^a   Johnson, J Kristie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE FOX-5; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; INCA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905398458     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02573-14     Document Type: Article

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