Panresistant extended-spectrum β-lactamase SHV-5-producing Acinetobacter baumannii from New York City [3]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1174-1176

  Naas, Thierry ^a   Namdari, Fatemeh ^a   Réglier Poupet, Hélène ^b   Poyart, Claire ^b   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Université Paris V ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; ESBLs; Inter country spread; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; COLISTIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; METASTASIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROSTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE; URINE RETENTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PARIS;

EID: 35448967975     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm366     Document Type: Letter

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