Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the NDM-1 gene, Czech Republic, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Nemec, A ^a   Krizova, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOXYCYCLINE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLA NDM 1 GENE; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84858785918     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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