Molecular characterization of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Czech hospital (2009-2011)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART6, 2013, Pages 945-947

  Papagiannitsis, C C ^a   Studentova, V ^a   Ruzicka, F ^b   Tejkalova, R ^b   Hrabak, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PLASMID DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877853050     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.056119-0     Document Type: Letter

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