Presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase gene (NDM-1) in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter junii in Argentina

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-44

  Montana S ^a   Cittadini, R ^b   del Castillo, M ^b   Uong, S ^d   Lazzaro, T ^d   Almuzara, M ^c   Barberis, C ^c   Vay, C ^b,c   Ramirez M S ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Mater Dei   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Nosocomial pathogen; Resistance to carbapenem

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ERTAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RITUXIMAB; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLANDM GENE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; FEVER; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEG ULCER; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961838007     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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