The changing nature of aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms and prevalence of newly recognized resistance mechanisms in Turkey

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OVER U., GUR D., Unal S., MILLER G.

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, vol.7, no.9, pp.470-478, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00284.x
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.470-478
  • Keywords: aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms, phenotyping, genotyping, gram-negative bacteria, PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA, UNITED-STATES, GENE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective, To determine the most frequently. occurring individual and combined resistance mechanisms, in Gram-negative bacteria resistant to any of the clinically available aminoglycosides in Turkey, and to compare these mechanisms with those found in smaller, earlier studies.