A mosaic transposon encoding OXA-48 and CTX-M-15: Towards pan-resistance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 476-477

  Potron, Anaïs ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a   Rondinaud, Emilie ^a   Jaureguy, Françoise ^b   Poirel, Laurent ^a  

^a Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Class D lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; ENZYME CTX M 15; ERTAPENEM; OXA 48 PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84872403787     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks397     Document Type: Letter

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