Penicillin-binding proteins of Bacteroides fragilis and their role in the resistance to imipenem of clinical isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1055-1064

  Ayala, Juan ^a   Quesada, Alberto ^b   Vadillo, Santiago ^b   Criado, Jerónimo ^b   Píriz, Segundo ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFADROXIL; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CCRA GENE; CEPA GENE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PBP3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; IMIPENEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 27644534247     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45930-0     Document Type: Article

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