Wide geographic spread of diverse acquired AmpC β-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in the UK and Ireland

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-105

  Woodford, Neil ^a   Reddy, Suganya ^b   Fagan, Elizabeth J ^a   Hill, Robert L R ^a   Hopkins, Katie L ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Kistler, James ^a   Palepou, Marie France I ^a   Pike, Rachel ^a   Ward, M Elaina ^a   Cheesbrough, John ^b   Livermore, David M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalosporins; Enterobacteriaceae; Plasmids; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE ACC; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE CIT; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 2; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 23; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; BETA LACTAMASE DHA; BETA LACTAMASE FOX; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 33845885504     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl456     Document Type: Article

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