Identification of the metallo-B-lactamase gene from clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 431-434

  Fang, Hong ^a,b   Hedberg, Maria ^a   Edlund, Charlotta ^a,b   Nord, Carl Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Imipenum resistance; Metallo B lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0033141221     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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