Emergence of metallo-β-lactamases GIM-1 and VIM in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1043-1045

  Rieber, Heime ^a   Frontzek, Andre ^a   von Baum, Heike ^b   Pfeifer, Yvonne ^c  

^a Division of Microbiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Gram negative pathogens; Integrons; Non fermenters

Indexed keywords

ACETYLTRANSFERASE AACA7; ACETYLTRANSFERASE AACC; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE AADB; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE GIM 1; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM 16; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; INTEGRON; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858629470     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr579     Document Type: Letter

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