Plasmid-encoded OXA-48 carbapenemase in Escherichia coli from Israel

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 672-673

  Goren, Moran G ^a   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Class D lactamases; Imipenem resistance; Oxacillinases; Plasmids; Tn1999

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; OXA 48; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; DYSPNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISRAEL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79951548364     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq467     Document Type: Letter

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