Genetic and enzymatic properties of metallo-β-lactamase VIM-5 from a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 4400-4403

  Gacar, Gulcin G ^a   Midilli, Kenan ^c   Kolayli, Fetiye ^a   Ergen, Kivanc ^a   Gundes, Sibel ^a   Hosoglu, Salih ^b   Karadenizli, Aynur ^a   Vahaboglu, Haluk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 5; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA VIM 5 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 25844476278     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.10.4400-4403.2005     Document Type: Article

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