β-Lactamases other than TEM and SHV among strains of klebsiella pneumoniae subsp pneumoniae isolated from Chilean hospitals;β-Lactamasas de familias diferentes a TEM y SHV en cepas de Klebsiella pneumoniae subespecie pneumoniae aisladas en hospitales chilenos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 737-739

  Bello T, Helia ^a,b   Trabal F, Natalia ^a   Ibáñez C, Daniel ^a   Reyes J, Angélica ^a   Domínguez Y, Mariana ^a   Mella M, Sergio ^b   Zemelman M, Claudia ^c   Zemelman Z, Raúl ^d   González R, Gerardo ^a  

^a Facultad Ciencias Biológicas   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANIMAL; CHILE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILE; HOSPITALS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27744444266     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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