Molecular characterization of integron class 1 (In196) encoding the VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a hospital environment

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-591

  Garza Ramos, U ^a   Tinoco, P ^a   Rojas, T ^a   Carrillo, B ^a   Barajas, J M ^b   Suarez, S ^b   Silva Sanchez, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; VIM 2 BETA LACTAMASE; VIM-2 BETA-LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MEXICO; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 75549090002     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2009.21.5.590     Document Type: Letter

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