Prevalence of 16S rRNA methylase genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from a Greek University Hospital

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Galani, I ^a   Souli, M ^a   Panagea, T ^a   Poulakou, G ^a   Kanellakopoulou, K ^a   Giamarellou, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

armA; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Proteus mirabilis; rmtB; rmtC

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; APRAMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE DHA 1; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 2; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 10; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 1; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE RMTB; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREECE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ARMA; BACILLI (CLASS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 84857659616     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03738.x     Document Type: Article

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