Loss of a 29-kilodalton outer membrane protein in Acinetobacter baumannii is associated with imipenem resistance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4776-4778

  Limansky, Adriana S ^a   Mussi, María Alejandra ^a   Viale, Alejandro M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036900235     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4776-4778.2002     Document Type: Article

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