Detection of blaGES-5 in carbapenem-Resistant kluyvera intermedia isolates recovered from the hospital environment

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 622-623

  Ribeiro, Vanessa B ^a   Zavascki, Alexandre P ^a   Rozales, Franciéli P ^a,b   Pagano, Mariana ^a,b   Magagnin, Cibele M ^a,b   Nodari, Carolina S ^a   Da Silva, Renato Cassol Ferreira ^c   Dalarosa, Micheline G ^c   Falci, Diego R ^c   Bartha, Afonso L ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLER CLASS A CARBAPENEMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HOSPITAL; KLUYVERA; KLUYVERA INTERMEDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS;

CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; KLUYVERA;

EID: 84891548134     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02271-13     Document Type: Letter

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