Characteristics of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter genomospecies 10 carrying two different metallo-β-lactamases

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-263

  Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Kim, Chang Ki ^a   Hong, Seong Geun ^b   Choi, Jonghyeon ^a   Song, Sungwook ^a   Koh, Eunmi ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^a   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^a   Yum, Jong Hwa ^c   Docquier, Jean Denis ^d   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^d   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter genomospecies 10; Imipenem resistance; MBL genes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 1; BETA LACTAMASE SIM 1; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77954956595     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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