Emergence in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae Clinical Isolates of the VIM-4 Metallo-β-Lactamase Encoded by a Conjugative Plasmid

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 648-650

  Luzzaro, Francesco ^a   Docquier, Jean Denis ^b   Colinon, Céline ^b   Endimiani, Andrea ^a   Lombardi, Gianluigi ^a   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^c   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^b   Toniolo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM 4, ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM 4, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE VIM-4, ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE VIM-4, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 4 METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0942279617     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.648-650.2004     Document Type: Article

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