PCR detection of metallo-β-lactamase gene (bla(IMP)) in gram-negative rods resistant to broad-spectrum β-lactams

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2909-2913

  Senda, Kazuyoshi ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^b,c   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a   Nakashima, Kazumitsu ^a   Ito, Hideo ^a   Ohsuka, Shinji ^a   Shimokata, Kaoru ^a   Kato, Nobuo ^a   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BIAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFPIROME; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHEM DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE; LATAMOXEF; LENAPENEM; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULPERAZON;

ALCALIGENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; GENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0029860992     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2909-2913.1996     Document Type: Article

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