Transferable cefoxitin resistance in enterobacteria from Greek hospitals and characterization of a plasmid-mediated group 1 β-lactamase (LAT-2)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1736-1740

  Gazouli, Maria ^a   Tzouvelekis, Leonidas S ^a   Prinarakis, Efthimios ^a   Miriagou, Vivi ^a   Tzelepi, Eva ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029890114     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.7.1736     Document Type: Article

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