Metallo-β-lactamases produced by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brazil

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 937-

  Vieira, Viana V ^a   Lourenco da Fonseca E ^a   Vicente, A C Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM; GENE PRODUCT; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE IMP 1; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE SPM 1; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; METALLOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 27544513234     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01249.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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