GES: an emerging family of extended spectrum beta-lactamases

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Weldhagen, Gerhard F ^a  

^a Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ENZYME VARIANT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GUIANA EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ENZYME ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES;

EID: 33748768216     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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