Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hydropathic facility: Diversity, susceptibility and imipenem resistance mutation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-524

  Pereira, S G ^a   Paixao J ^a,b   Leitao R ^a   Cardoso, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Biofilms; Drug resistance mutation; Natural mineral water; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; DRUG RESISTANCE MUTATION; DRUG-RESISTANCE; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; MINERAL WATER; NATURAL MINERAL WATER; NATURAL MINERALS; PS. AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOFILMS;

AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN; PORIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION;

AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; DISK DIFFUSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MUTATION; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80054070086     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03139.x     Document Type: Article

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