Enterobacter cloacae producing an uncommon class A carbapenemase, IMI-1, from Singapore

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1086-1088

  Teo, Jeanette W P ^a   La, My Van ^b   Krishnan, Prabha ^c   Ang, Brenda ^c   Jureen, Roland ^a   Lin, Raymond T P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National Public Health Laboratory   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CARBAPENEMASE CLASS A; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84879167799     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.053363-0     Document Type: Article

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