TY - JOUR AU - Yamane, Kunikazu AU - Wachino, Jun-ichi AU - Doi, Yohei AU - Kurokawa, Hiroshi AU - Arakawa, Yoshichika T1 - Global Spread of Multiple Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 6 SP - 951 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Emergence of the newly identified 16S rRNA methylases RmtA, RmtB, and ArmA in pathogenic gram-negative bacilli has been a growing concern. ArmA, which had been identified exclusively in Europe, was also found in several gram-negative pathogenic bacilli isolated in Japan, suggesting global dissemination of hazardous multiple aminoglycoside resistance genes. KW - Keywords: plasmid KW - resistance KW - transposon KW - 16S rRNA methylase KW - aminoglycoside KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid1106.040924 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/6/04-0924_article ER - End of Reference