IMP-1 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a university hospital in the People's Republic of China [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1159-1160

  Wang, Chun Xin ^a   Mi, Zu Huang ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuxi Clone Gen Tech Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Metallo lactamases; P. aeruginosa; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE INSERTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CARBAPENEMS; CHINA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 12344304273     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh498     Document Type: Letter

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