Carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Rasmussen, Beth A ^a   Bush, Karen ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BIAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALORIDINE; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHORT SURVEY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031054148     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.2.223     Document Type: Short Survey

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