Emergence of NDM-1 metallo-β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Serbia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3929-3931

  Jovcic, Branko ^a   Lepsanovic, Zorica ^b   Suljagic, Vesna ^b   Rackov, Gorjana ^b   Begovic, Jelena ^a   Topisirovic, Ljubisa ^a   Kojic, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERBIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SERBIA;

EID: 79960309102     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00226-11     Document Type: Article

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