Detection of NDM-7 in Germany, a new variant of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1737-1740

  Góttig, Stephan ^a   Hamprecht, Axel G ^b   Christ, Sara ^a   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^a   Wichelhaus, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Carbapenems; Enterobacteriaceae; IncX3; NDM 1

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GERMANY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INCX3; NDM-1;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHARYNX; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880754263     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt088     Document Type: Article

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