VIM-4 in a carbapenem-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in Sweden

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3034-3035

  Giske, Christian G ^a   Rylander, Margareta ^a   Kronvall, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; EDETIC ACID; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLOPROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN VIM4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SWEDEN;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0041922481     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.9.3034-3035.2003     Document Type: Letter

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