Identification of plasmid- And integron-borne blaIMP-1 and blaIMP-10 in clinical isolates of Serratia marcescens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Hu, Zhuting ^a   Zhao, Wei Hua ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 1; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 10; BIAPENEM; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 59949096549     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006874-0     Document Type: Article

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