Cefotaximases (CTX-M-ases), an expanding family of extended-spectrum β-lactamases

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-165

  Walther Rasmussen, Jan ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cefotaximases; Dissemination; Extended spectrum lactamases; Hydrolytic properties; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; HYDROLYSIS;

CEFOTAXIMASES; GENES ENCODING; SULBACTUM; TRANSFERABLE PLASMIDS;

ENZYMES;

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHAMYCIN; CEPHEM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLAVULANIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MONOBACTAMS; PENICILLANIC ACID; PENICILLINS; PHYLOGENY; SULBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; MIRABILIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 2942738846     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-111     Document Type: Review

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