IMP-type metallo-β-lactamases in Gram-negative bacilli: Distribution, phylogeny, and association with integrons

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-226

  Zhao, Wei Hua ^a   Hu, Zhi Qing ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacilli; IMP type lactamases (IMPs); Integrons carbapenems; Metallo lactamases (MBLs)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; IMP TYPE METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AACA GENE; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL GENE; BLAOXA GENE; CATB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79959708014     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2011.559944     Document Type: Review

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