Comparison of 3 methods for determining sensitivity to imipenem and meropenem in Acinetobacter baumannii with a carbapenem-heteroresistant phenotype;Comparación de tres métodos para determinar la sensibilidad a imipenem y meropenem en Acinetobacter baumannii con fenotipo heterorresistente a carbapenemes

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 485-488

  Fernández Cuenca, Felipe ^a   Egea, Pilar ^a   López Cerero, Lorena ^a,b   Díaz De Alba, Paula ^a   Vila, Jordi ^c   Pascual, Álvaro ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenems; Heteroresistance

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; EPSILOMETER TEST; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 56249123968     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13127452     Document Type: Article

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