The emergence of resistance to amikacin in Serratia marcescens isolates from patients with nosocomial infection

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-210

  García, Daniela Centrón ^a,b,e   Catalano, Mariana ^b   Piñeiro, Silvia ^a,f   Woloj, Mabel ^c,g   Kaufman, Sara ^d   Sordelli, Daniel O ^b  

^a Bio Sidus   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

3' aminoglycoside phosphotransferase VI; 6' aminoglycosid acetyltransferase Ic; 6' aminoglycoside acetyitransferase Ib; Amikacin resistance; Epidemiology; Nosocomial infection; Plasmid; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0029758494     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(96)00322-6     Document Type: Article

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