Characterization of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strain carrying the bla NDM-1 and bla OXA-23 carbapenemase genes from the Czech republic

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1550-1552

  Krizova, Lenka ^a,b,c   Bonnin, Rémy A ^c   Nordmann, Patrice ^c   Nemec, Alexandr ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

European clone I; Metallo lactamases; Tn125; Tn2008

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE NDM 1; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EDETIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELECTROPORATION; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858783557     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks064     Document Type: Letter

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