Emergence of NDM-1-producing acinetobacter Baumannii in belgium

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1552-1553

  Bogaerts, Pierre ^a   Rezende de castro, Roberta ^a   Roisin, Sandrine ^b   Deplano, Ariane ^b   Huang, Te Din ^a   Hallin, Marie ^b   Denis, Olivier ^b   Glupczynski, Youri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Metallo lactamases; New Delhi; Resistance

Indexed keywords

METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THORAX INJURY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84861140159     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks041     Document Type: Letter

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