Evaluation of Etest MBL for detection of blaIMP-1 and bla VIM-2 allele-positive clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 942-944

  Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^a   Jong, Hwa Yum ^a   Yong, Sik Lim ^a   Bolmström, Anne ^b   Qwärnström, Anette ^b   Karlsson, Åsa ^b   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b AB BIODISK   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA IMP 1 GENE; BLA VIM 2 GENE; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RELIABILITY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ALLELES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 13844298684     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.942-944.2005     Document Type: Article

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