Occurrence of blaOXA-23 gene in imipenem-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-506

  Carvalho, Karyne Rangel ^a   Carvalho Assef, Ana Paula D'Alincourt ^a   dos Santos, Lia Galvão ^b   Pereira, Maria José Félix ^c   Asensi, Marise Dutra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso   (Brazil)

^c Rede d'Or de Hospitais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; BlaOXA 23; Imipenem susceptible

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-23; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79959492500     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000400020     Document Type: Article

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