blaVIM-7, an Evolutionarily Distinct Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate from the United States

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 329-332

  Toleman, Mark A ^a   Rolston, Kenneth ^b   Jones, Ronald N ^c,d   Walsh, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 (1 METHYL 1,2,3 TRIAZOL 4 YLMETHYLENE)PENEM 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 7 METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; VIM-7 METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNITED STATES; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347992025     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.329-332.2004     Document Type: Article

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