Rapid detection of the blaNDM-1 gene by real-time PCR

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1647-1649

  Ong, Danny C T ^a   Koh, Tse Hsien ^b   Syahidah, Nur ^a   Krishnan, Prabha ^c   Tan, Thean Yen ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

lactamases; Carbapenem resistance; Laboratory methods; Multidrug resistance; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE NDM 1; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958829866     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr184     Document Type: Letter

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