Brief communication: False susceptibility to amikacin by VITEK 2 in acinetobacter baumannii harboring armA

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-171

  Jung, Sunkyung ^a   Yu, Jin Kyung ^a   Shin, Sang Hyun ^a   Park, Kang Gyun ^a   Jekarl, Dong Wook ^a   Han, Kyungja ^a   Park, Yeon Joon ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Amikacin; Antibiotic susceptibility testing; armA; VITEK 2

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG INDICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARMA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMIKACIN; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77951727838     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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