Prevalence and Characterization of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes in Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Tunisian Hospital

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-166

  Ferjani, Sana ^a   Saidani, Mabrouka ^a,b   Amine, Faouzi Slim ^b   Boutiba Ben Boubaker, Ilhem ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; ALLELE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; PREVALENCE; QUINOLONES; TUNISIA;

EID: 84925965661     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0053     Document Type: Article

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