Examination of cfiA-mediated carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis strains from a European antibiotic susceptibility survey

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-502

  Soki J ^a   Edwards, R ^b   Hedberg, M ^c,d   Fang, H ^c   Nagy, E ^a   Nord, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; cfiA; Imipenem; Insertion sequence (IS) elements; Meropenem

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUROPE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 33751262387     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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