New cfiA variant and novel insertion sequence elements in carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis isolates from Korea

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Roh, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kim, Sinyoung ^b   Kim, Chang Ki ^c   Yum, Jong Hwa ^d   Kim, Myung Sook ^b   Yong, Dongeun ^b   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^b   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Kim, June Myung ^b   Chong, Yunsop ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

^d Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; cfiA11; Metallo lactamase; Novel IS elements

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM; CEPA PROTEIN; CFIA PROTEIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; KOREA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77649289957     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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