Predictive analysis of transmissible quinolone resistance indicates <it>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia </it>as a potential source of a novel family of Qnr determinants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Predicting antibiotic resistance before it emerges at clinical settings constitutes a novel approach for preventing and fighting resistance of bacterial pathogens. To analyse the possibility that novel plasmid-encoded quinolone resis...

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Main Authors: Martínez-Martínez Luis, Rodríguez-Martínez José M, Hernández Alvaro, Sánchez María B, Martínez José L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/148