Characterization of In3Mor, a new integron carrying VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase and sat1 gene, from Morganella morganii

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 739-741

  Tsakris, Athanassios ^a   Ikonomidis, Alexandros ^b   Spanakis, Nicholas ^a   Poulou, Aggeliki ^c   Pournaras, Spyros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c General District Hospital of Serres   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; M. morganii; MBLs; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOTHRICIN; STREPTOTHRICIN ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA LACTAMASE; VIM 1 METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; VIM-1 METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONJUGATION; DILUTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; URINE CULTURE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORGANELLA MORGANII; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOTHRICINS;

EID: 34249993620     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm020     Document Type: Article

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