A pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate producing the GES-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase [6]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1261-1262

  Wang, Chunxin ^a   Cai, Peiquan ^a   Chang, Dong ^b   Mi, Zuhuang ^c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 304TH HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Wuxi Clone Gen Tech Institute   (China)

Author keywords

lactamases; ESBLs; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE GES 5; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WOUND INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33749170162     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl116     Document Type: Letter

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