High prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase and 16S rRNA methylase coproduction among imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Brazil

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3388-3390

  Doi, Yohei ^a   Ghilardi, Angela C R ^b   Adams, Jennifer ^a   De Oliveira Garcia, Doroti ^b   Paterson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLASE; AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PROTEIN RMTD; PROTEIN SPM 1; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 35948935939     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00443-07     Document Type: Article

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