Carbapenemases: A worldwide threat

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 643-644

  Quinn, John P ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbapenemases; carbapenems; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC enzymes; metallobetalactamases; OXA enzymes

Indexed keywords

AVIBACTAM; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; COLISTIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; TIGECYCLINE; ZINC;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84880905177     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2013.811929     Document Type: Editorial

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