Emergence of Metallo-β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceaefrom Argentina

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-97

  Gomez, Sonia ^a   Rapoport, Melina ^b   Togneri, Ana ^a   Viegas Caetano, José ^c   Faccone, Diego ^a   Corso, Alejandra ^a   Petroni, Alejandro ^a   Pasteran, Fernando ^a  

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

^b Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Evita ^*  (Argentina)

^c Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamases; Metallo lactamases; Multi resistance; Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 8; BETA LACTAMASE PER 2; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AAC(6') IB CR GENE; AAC(6') IB GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; QNRB10 GENE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 78649936002     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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