Characterization of Tn6238 with a new allele of aac(6′)-Ib-cr

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2893-2897

  Quiroga, María P ^a   Orman, Betina ^a   Errecalde, Laura ^b   Kaufman, Sara ^b   Centrón, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TN1331 GENE; TRANSPOSON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENES, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84931287844     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03213-14     Document Type: Article

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