Chromosome-encoded CTX-M-3 from Kluyvera ascorbata: A possible origin of plasmid-borne CTX-M-1-derived cefotaximases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4895-4897

  Rodríguez, María Margarita ^a   Power, Pablo ^a   Radice, Marcela ^a   Vay, Carlos ^a   Famiglietti, Angela ^a   Galleni, Moreno ^b   Ayala, Juan A ^c   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLUYVERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 9644303186     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.12.4895-4897.2004     Document Type: Article

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