The first metallo-β-lactamase identified in Norway is associated with a TniC-like transposon in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate of sequence type 233 imported from Ghana

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 331-332

  Samuelsen, Ørjan ^a   Buarø, Liselotte ^a   Toleman, Mark A ^b   Giske, Christian G ^c   Hermansen, Nils O ^d   Walsh, Timothy R ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE TRANSFER; GHANA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON;

BETA-LACTAMASES; GHANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 59749106532     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00785-08     Document Type: Letter

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