Prevalence of AmpC over-expression in bloodstream isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-418

  Tam, V H ^a,b   Schilling, A N ^a   LaRocco, M T ^b   Gentry, L O ^b   Lolans, K ^c   Quinn, J P ^c   Garey, K W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AmpC; Derepression; Over expression; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance; lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE AMPR; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NITROCEFIN; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILD TYPE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33847795597     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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