KPC and NDM-1 genes in related enterobacteriaceae strains and plasmids from Pakistan and the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1034-1037

  Pesesky, Mitchell W ^a   Hussain, Tahir ^a,b   Wallace, Meghan ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Andleeb, Saadia ^b   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a   Dantas, Gautam ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLASMID; UNITED STATES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PLASMIDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929431381     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2106.141504     Document Type: Article

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