Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis have different β-lactamase expression phenotypes but are homogeneous in the ampC- ampR genetic region

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1380-1384

  Campbell, Joan I A ^a   Ciofu, Oana ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030976201     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.6.1380     Document Type: Article

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