Coexistence of blaNDM-1 with the prevalent blaOXA23 and blaIMP in pan-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii isolates in China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 692-693

  Chen, Zeliang ^a   Qlu, Shaofu ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Wang, Yufei ^a   Liu, Shiwei ^b   Wang, Zhoujia ^a   Du, Xinying ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Guo, Jie ^b   Wang, Zhongqlang ^a   Liu, Nan ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Song, Hongbin ^a   Huang, Liuyu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b WANGJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; HYDROLASE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; OXA 23 ENZYME; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULPERAZON; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 79951826828     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq231     Document Type: Letter

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