Screening of isolates from faeces for carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides strains; existence of strains with novel types of resistance mechanisms

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 450-454

  Sóki, József ^a   Edwards, Richard ^b   Urbán, Edit ^a   Fodor, Eleonóra ^a   Beer, Zsuzsanna ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Carbapenemase; cfiA; Faeces

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS;

EID: 7044235809     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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