OKP-B-14, a new OKP-B variant isolated from Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-275

  Remeli, Gisele A ^a   Pacca, Carolina C ^a   Silva, Gislaine C D ^a   Almeida, Margarete T G ^a   Rubio, Fernando G ^a   Nogueira, Mauricio L ^a   Nogueira, Mara C L ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; PROTEIN OKP B; PROTEIN OKP B 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34547162950     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.01.011     Document Type: Letter

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