Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing IMP-9-type metallo-β-lactamase in Guangzhou, China

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-365

  Chao, Zhuo ^a,b   Xiao Feng, Wu ^a   Dan Hong, Su ^a   Jin Ping, Yuan ^a   Nan Shan, Zhong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; IMIPENEM; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE 4; INOSINE PHOSPHATE 9; KANAMYCIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 50549098464     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.008     Document Type: Letter

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