Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa coproducing metallo-β-lactamase SPM-1 and 16S rRNA methylase RmtD1 in an urban river

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3063-3064

  Fontes, Lívia C ^a   Neves, Patrícia R ^a   Oliveira, Silvane ^a   Silva, Ketrin C ^a   Hachich, Elayse M ^b   Sato, Maria I Z ^b   Lincopan, Nilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SABESP Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE SPM 1; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; RMTD1 METHYLASE; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RIVER; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING;

BETA-LACTAMASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79956301667     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00138-11     Document Type: Letter

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