INQ-1, a chromosome-encoded AmpC β-lactamase from Inquilinus limosus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 560-562

  Pino, Marylu ^a   Power, Pablo ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a   Di Conza, Jose Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cephalosporinases; Class C lactamases; Cystic fibrosis; Resistance to lactams

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE INQ 1; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; INQ 1; MEROPENEM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BROTH DILUTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; IC 50; INQUILINUS LIMOSUS; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA ANALYSIS; START CODON;

CEPHALOSPORINASES; CLASS C Β-LACTAMASES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; RESISTANCE TO Β-LACTAMS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84892454195     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt378     Document Type: Letter

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