Metallo-β-lactamase IMP-18 is located in a class 1 integron (In96) in a clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Mexico

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-80

  Garza Ramos, U ^a   Tinoco, P ^a   Silva Sanchez, J ^a   Morfin Otero, R ^b   Rodriguez Noriega, E ^b   Leon Garnica, G ^b   Sader, H S ^c   Jones, R N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Patologia Infecciosa y Experimental   (Mexico)

^c JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTEGRON; LETTER; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 37049005385     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.08.003     Document Type: Letter

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