Long-term dissemination of an OXA-40 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clone in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 255-258

  Da Silva, G J ^a   Quinteira, S ^b,c   Bertolo E ^d   Sousa, J C ^b   Gallego, L ^e   Duarte, A ^d   Peixe, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte   (Portugal)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Epidemic clones; Oxacillinases; lactamases

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; NUCLEOTIDE; OXACILLINASE 40; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 3543138429     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh269     Document Type: Article

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