Presence of genes for β-lactamases of two different classes on a single plasmid from a clinical isolate of Serratia marcescens

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1135-1139

  Yano, Hisakazu ^a,b   Kuga, Akio ^a   Irinoda, Kazuhiko ^a   Okamoto, Ryoichi ^a   Kobayashi, Toshimitsu ^b   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; ISOENZYME; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0033401090     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.52.1135     Document Type: Article

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