First detection of conjugative plasmid-borne Fosfomycin resistance gene fosA3 in Salmonella isolates of food origin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1381-1383

  Lin, Dachuan ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FOSFOMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENE; CHICKEN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD; FOSA3 GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LETTER; MEAT; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOSFOMYCIN; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84921809411     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04750-14     Document Type: Letter

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