First isolation of a carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Spain [1]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 932-933

  Prats, Guillem ^a   Miro, Elisenda ^a   Mirelis, Beatriz ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^a   Bellais, Samuel ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPAIN;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0036173851     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.932-933.2002     Document Type: Letter

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