Genetic relatedness between human and animal polymorphic blaTEM genes strengthens zoonotic potential among uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Jul;54(1):284-6. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkh307. Epub 2004 Jun 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / pathogenicity
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / microbiology*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases