Plasmid-mediated production of class I (AmpC) β-lactamase by two klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the UK

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 235-236

  Jenks, P J ^a   Hu, Y M ^a   Danel, F ^a   Mehtar, S ^b   Livermore, D M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; TEMOCILLIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; UNITED KINGDOM;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0028900267     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/35.1.235     Document Type: Letter

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