Emergence of VIM-1-carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter cloacae in Tyrol, Austria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-571

  Heller, Ingrid ^a   Grif, Katharina ^a   Orth, Dorothea ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 1 CARBAPENEMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84858140223     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.038646-0     Document Type: Article

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