Metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates at a Taiwanese hospital: Lack of distinctive phenotypes for screening

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Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 543-550

  Liao, I Chuang ^a   Chen, Hung Mo ^a   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^b   Tsai, Pei Fang ^a   Wang, Li Rong ^a,b   Yan, Jing Jou ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Enterobacteriaceae; Metallo lactamases; Tigecycline

Indexed keywords

BENZENEBORONIC ACID; DIPICOLINIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 79960250938     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02772.x     Document Type: Article

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