Characterization of a new genetic environment associated with ges-6 carbapenemase from a pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate belonging to the high-risk clone st235

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 615-617

  Botelho, João ^a   Grosso, Filipa ^a   Sousa, Clara ^b   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Class I integrons; IS110 family; ISPa55; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GES 6 CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

AGAR DILUTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; INVERTED REPEAT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; START CODON; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84922429680     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku391     Document Type: Letter

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