NDM-2 carbapenemase in Acinetobacter baumannii from Egypt

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1260-1262

  Kaase, Martin ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^b   Wichelhaus, Thomas A ^c   Gatermann, Sören G ^a   Bonnin, Rémy A ^b   Poirel, Laurent ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Gram negative; Metallo lactamases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NDM 2 CARBAPENEMASE; PLASMID DNA; PROLINE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DNA EXTRACTION; EGYPT; FATALITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENIC LACERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; GERMANY; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 79955987012     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr135     Document Type: Article

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