Survey of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Escherichia coli isolates from a Portuguese hospital and characterisation of a novel class 1 integron (In60A) carrying the blaCTX-M-9 gene

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Brizio, Ana ^a   Vasco, Sergio ^a   Gonçalves, Ana Rita ^a   Lito, Luis Manuel ^b   Cristino, Jose Melo ^b   Salgado, Maria Jose ^b   Duarte, Aida ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cefotaximase; Complex sul1 type class 1 integron; ESBL

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 33748757409     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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