NagZ-dependent and NagZ-independent mechanisms for β-lactamase expression in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1936-1941

  Huang, Yi Wei ^a   Hu, Rouh Mei ^b   Lin, Cheng Wen ^c   Chung, Tung Ching ^a   Yang, Tsuey Ching ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84863337895     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05645-11     Document Type: Article

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