Production of a plasmid-encoded OXA-72 β-lactamase associated with resistance to carbapenems in a clinical isolate Acinetobacter junii

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-94

  Fernández Cuenca, Felipe ^a   Rodríguez Martínez, José Manuel ^a   Gómez Sánchez, M Carmen ^a   De Alba, Paula Díaz ^a   Infante Martínez, Vanesa ^b   Pascual, Álvaro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN OXA 72; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 82955237371     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.07.017     Document Type: Letter

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