Tn5090-like class 1 integron carrying blaVIM-2 in a Pseudomonas putida strain from Portugal

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1558-1561

  Santos, C ^a   Caetano, T ^a,b   Ferreira, S ^a,c   Mendo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Medinfar Pharmaceutical Products SA   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Class 1 integrons; Gram negative bacteria; Hospital environment; Tn5090 like transposon

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRON; MATERNITY WARD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 77955631232     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03165.x     Document Type: Article

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