Detection and characterisation of AmpC β-lactamase-producing isolates of Acinetobacter spp. in North India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 472-473

  Upadhyay, Supriya ^a   Sen, Malay Ranjan ^a   Prakash, Pradyot ^a   Anupurba, Shampa ^a   Nath, Gopal ^a   Bhattacharjee, Amitabha ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; AGAR DILUTION; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; INDIA; INTEGRON; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77957666179     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.07.009     Document Type: Letter

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