Characterization and PCR-based replicon typing of resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4168-4177

  Bertini, Alessia ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^b   Mugnier, Pauline D ^b   Villa, Laura ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^b   Carattoli, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON;

EID: 77957346516     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00542-10     Document Type: Article

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