A carbapenem-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain carrying the blaSPM gene

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-216

  Pellegrino, Flávia L P C ^a   Casali, Nicola ^b   Nouér, Simone A ^a   Riley, Lee W ^b   Moreira, Beatriz M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; blaSPM gene; Metallo lactamase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLASPM GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 43549120759     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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