Nosocomial outbreak of carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa with a new blaIMP allele, blaIMP-7

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Gibb, A P ^a   Tribuddharat, C ^a   Moore, R A ^a   Louie, T J ^a   Krulicki, W ^a   Livermore, D M ^a   Palepou, M F I ^a   Woodford, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 7; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CANADA; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMIDINE;

EID: 0036136657     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.1.255-258.2002     Document Type: Article

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