Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains harboring the blaVIM-2 metallo-βs-lactamase gene in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 130-132

  Yatsunayagi, Jun ^a   Saito, Shioko ^a   Ito, Yuko ^b   Ohta, Kazuko ^c   Kato, Jun ^d   Harata, Seizaburo ^a   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Amano, Ken Ichi ^a,e  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akita Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Odate Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Yuri Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TOSUFLOXACIN;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LACTAMS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 4143081651     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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