Current methods for the identification of carbapenemases

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-19

  Bialvaei, Abed Zahedi ^a   Kafil, Hossein Samadi ^a   Asgharzadeh, Mohammad ^b   Memar, Mohammad Yousef ^c   Yousefi, Mehdi ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Gram negative; Identification method; Molecular methods; Phenotypic methods

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION ZONE; KLEBSIELLA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84978727265     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000063     Document Type: Review

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