First Class A Carbapenemase Isolated from Enterobacteriaceae in Argentina [3]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1068-1069

  Radice, Marcela ^a   Power, Pablo ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a   Fernández, Karina ^b   Vay, Carlos ^b   Famiglietti, Angela ^b   Ricover, Nora ^c   Ayala, Juan A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Israelita   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLASS A CARBAPENEMASE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NMC A PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NMCA GENE; NMCR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 1442349050     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.3.1068-1069.2004     Document Type: Letter

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