Emergence of VIM-12 in Enterobacter cloacae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3414-3415

  Panopoulou, Maria ^a   Alepopoulou, Eleonora ^a   Ikonomidis, Alexandros ^a   Grapsa, Anastasia ^a   Paspalidou, Eleni ^a   Kartali Ktenidou, Sofia ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 12; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 77956837613     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00843-10     Document Type: Article

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