Characterization of the new metallo-β-lactamase VIM-13 and its integron-borne gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Spain

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3589-3596

  Juan, Carlos ^a,b   Beceiro, Alejandro ^c   Gutiérrez, Olivia ^a,b   Albertí, Sebastián ^b,d   Garau, Margalida ^e   Pérez, José L ^a,b   Bou, Germán ^c   Oliver, Antonio ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Ciencias de la Salud IUNICS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPAIN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 54049088985     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00465-08     Document Type: Article

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