Carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens isolates producing Bush group 2f β-lactamase (SME-1) in the United States: Results from the MYSTIC Programme

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-127

  Gales, Ana C ^a   Biedenbach, Douglas J ^a,b   Winokur, Patricia ^a   Hacek, Donna M ^c   Pfaller, Michael A ^a,b   Jones, Ronald N ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CAST Laboratories   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jones Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; UNITED STATES;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0035092095     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00222-4     Document Type: Article

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