Metallo-β-lactamases producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Algeria;Pseudomonas aeruginosa producteurs de métallo-β-lactamases en Algérie

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 413-414

  Aggoune Khinache, N ^a   Bensersa, D ^a   Henniche, F Z ^a   Daoudi, M ^a   Abdouni, M A ^a   Chabani, A ^a   Tiouit, D ^a   Naim, M ^a  

^a Hopital Central de l'Armee   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Metallolactamase; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBENICILLIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 67349137894     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.11.001     Document Type: Letter

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