Emergence of metallo-β-laetamases in Acinetobacter spp clinical isolates from Argentina

Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Fiorilli, Graciela ^a   Faccone, Diego ^b   Lopardo, Horacio ^a   Callejo, Raquel ^b   Rapoport, Melina ^b   Prieto, Monica ^b   Galas, Marcelo ^b   Pasteran, Fernando ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; MONOBACTAM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN IMP; PROTEIN VIM; RIBOSOME RNA; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFILJUNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LETTER; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ARGENTINA; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956492312     PISSN: 02143429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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