BlaIMP-9 and its association with large plasmids carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the People's Republic of China

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 355-358

  Xiong, Jianhui ^a,b   Hynes, Michael F ^c   Ye, Huifen ^b   Chen, Huiling ^b   Yang, Yinmei ^b   M'Zali, Fatima ^d   Hawkey, Peter M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA IMP 9 GENE; CHINA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 29944434099     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.355-358.2006     Document Type: Article

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