New plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase (CMY-21) in Escherichia coli isolated in the UK

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-82

  Hopkins, Katie L ^a   Deheer Graham, Ana ^a   Karisik, Edi ^a   Batchelor, Miranda J ^b   Liebana, Ernesto ^b   Threlfall, E John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREAT BRITAIN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33745184859     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.03.020     Document Type: Letter

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