First detection of the OXA-40 carbapenemase in P. aeruginosa isolates, located on a plasmid also found in A. baumannii

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-495

  Sevillano, E ^a   Gallego, L ^a   Garcia Lobo J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

OXA 40; Plasmid; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 69649087955     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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