Molecular characterization of an Escherichia coli clinical isolate that produces both metallo-β-lactamase VIM-2 and extended-spectrum β-lactamase GES-7: Identification of the In8 integron carrying the blaVIM-2 gene

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 432-433

  Galani, Irene ^a   Souli, Maria ^a   Koratzanis, Evangelos ^a   Chryssouli, Zoi ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

blaGES 7; blaVIM 2; E. coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GREECE; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33748060513     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl240     Document Type: Article

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