Complete sequence of an IncN plasmid, pIMP-HZ1, carrying blaIMP-4 in a klebsiella pneumoniae strain associated with medical travel to china

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1561-1562

  Lo, Wai U ^a   Cheung, Yuk Yam ^a   Lai, Eileen ^a   Lung, David ^b   Que, Tak Lun ^b   Ho, Pak Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLA IMP 4 PROTEIN; CARBAPENEMASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PLASMID DNA; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHINA; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874024633     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02298-12     Document Type: Letter

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