Isolation of an integron-borne blaVIM-4 type metallo-β-lactamase gene from a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Hungary

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3576-3578

  Libisch, Balázs ^a   Gacs, Mária ^a   Csiszár, Károly ^c   Muzslay, Mónika ^a   Rókusz, László ^b   Füzi, Miklós ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Central Military Hospital Budapest   (Hungary)

^c Laboratory of Bacteriology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLA OXA GENE; BLA VIM 4 GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTEGRON; INTEGRON BORNE METALLO BETA LACTAMASE GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUNGARY; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 4344691222     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3576-3578.2004     Document Type: Article

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