Increasing prevalence and diversity of metallo-β-lactamases in Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Enterobacteriaceae from Korea

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1884-1886

  Yong, Dongeun ^a   Choi, Yeoung Seon ^a   Roh, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kim, Chang Ki ^a   Park, Youn Hee ^a   Yum, Jong Hwa ^a   Lee, Kyunewon ^a   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KOREA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KOREA; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SPUTUM; URINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646459919     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.5.1884-1886.2006     Document Type: Article

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