First occurrence of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in the United States producing an IMP metallo-β-lactamase, IMP-18 [3]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2272-2273

  Hanson, Nancy D ^a   Hossain, Ashfaque ^a   Buck, Larry ^b   Moland, Ellen Smith ^a   Thomson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; IMP 18 PROTEIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRACHEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744481534     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01440-05     Document Type: Letter

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