Emergence of PER-2 and VEB-1a in Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the Americas [2]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3222-3224

  Pasterán, Fernando ^a   Rapoport, Melina ^a   Petroni, Alejandro ^a   Faccone, Diego ^a   Corso, Alejandra ^a   Galas, Marcelo ^a   Vázquez, Miryam ^b   Procopio, Adriana ^b   Tokumoto, Marta ^c   Cagnoni, Viviana ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; EDETIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN VEB 1A; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TICARCILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG CONJUGATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMERICAS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33748711682     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00284-06     Document Type: Letter

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