Codetection of blaOXA-23-like gene (blaOXA-133) and blaOXA-58 in Acinetobacter radioresistens: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 843-844

  Mendes, Rodrigo E ^a   Bell, Jan M ^b   Turnidge, John D ^b   Castanheira, Mariana ^a   Deshpande, Lalitagauri M ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 133, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 58, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-133, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-23, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-58, ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLAOXA 133 GENE; BLAOXA 23 GENE; BLAOXA 58 GENE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59749087672     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00999-08     Document Type: Letter

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