Characterization of FOX-3, an AmpC-type plasmid-mediated β-lactamase from an italian isolate of Klebsiella oxytoca

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 464-467

  Marchese, Anna ^a   Arlet, Guillaume ^b   Schito, Gian Carlo ^a   Lagrange, Philippe H ^b   Philippon, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFOXITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031941930     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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