Occurrence of OXA-58-like carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp. collected over 10 years in three continents

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 756-758

  Coelho, Juliana ^a,b   Woodford, Neil ^a   Afzal Shah, Mariya ^a,c   Livermore, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c GR Micro Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; OXA 58; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES;

EID: 31944448125     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.2.756-758.2006     Document Type: Article

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