Heteroresistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii [4]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1055-1056

  Pournaras, S ^a   Ikonomidis, A ^a   Markogiannakis, A ^b   Maniatis, A N ^a   Tsakris, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Etest; Heterogeneity; Imipenem; Meropenem; PFGE; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS SECRETION; BURN INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 21244452772     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki115     Document Type: Letter

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