A novel class C β-lactamase (FOX-2) in Escherichia coli conferring resistance to cephamycins

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2041-2046

  Bauernfeind, A ^a   Wagner, S ^b   Jungwirth, R ^a   Schneider, I ^a   Meyer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHAMYCIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030868448     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.9.2041     Document Type: Article

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