First countrywide survey of acquired metallo-β-lactamases in gram-negative pathogens in Italy

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4023-4029

  Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a,f   Luzzaro, Francesco ^b   Migliavacca, Roberta ^c   Mugnaioli, Claudia ^a   Pini, Beatrice ^b   De Luca, Filomena ^a   Perilli, Mariagrazia ^d   Pollini, Simona ^a   Spalla, Melissa ^e   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^d   Toniolo, Antonio ^b   Pagani, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DATA COLLECTION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 55849140176     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00707-08     Document Type: Article

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