Identification of a novel IMI carbapenemase variant (IMI-9) in Enterobacter cloacae complex

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 764-765

  Di Luca, Maria Chiara ^a   Skaare, Dagfinn ^b   Aasnaes, Bettina ^a   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a,c   Samuelsen, Ørjan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BORONIC ACID; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; ORGANOBORON DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMI 9 GENE; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; AGED; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORWAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85000979480     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.09.004     Document Type: Letter

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