Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa-carrying VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase determinants, Croatia [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1022-1023

  Sardelic, Sanda ^a   Pallecchi, Lucia ^b   Punda Polic, Volga ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENZYME VIM 1; ENZYME VIM 2; ENZYME VIM 3; ENZYME VIM 4; ENZYME VIM 5; ENZYME VIM 6; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISOENZYME; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREIDOPENICILLIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CATHETERIZATION; CROATIA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTEGRON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0042626513     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.020373     Document Type: Letter

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