Characterization of the metallo-β-lactamase determinant of Acinetobacter baumannii AC-54/97 reveals the existence of bla(IMP) allelic variants carried by gene cassettes of different phylogeny

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1229-1235

  Riccio, Maria Letizia ^a   Franceschini, Nicola ^b   Boschi, Letizia ^a   Caravelli, Berardo ^b   Cornaglia, Giuseppe ^c   Fontana, Roberta ^c   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^b   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034009414     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.5.1229-1235.2000     Document Type: Article

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