Emergence of VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase-producing escherichia coli in a neonatal intensive care unit

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Papadimitriou, Maria ^a   Voulgari, Evangelia ^b   Ranellou, Kyriaki ^b   Koemtzidou, Evangelia ^a   Lebessi, Evangelia ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 1 METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL SWAB; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952427722     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0097     Document Type: Article

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