Detection of VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Germany [5]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1668-1669

  Henrichfreise, Beate ^a   Wiegand, Irith ^a   Sherwood, Kimberley J ^a   Wiedemann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIM 1; PROTEIN VIM 2; PROTEIN VIM 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 16244372375     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1668-1669.2005     Document Type: Letter

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