CMY-2-type plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase finally emerging in Argentina

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Apr;31(4):385-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.11.016. Epub 2008 Feb 1.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Argentina / epidemiology
  • Cephalosporin Resistance
  • Cephamycins / pharmacology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Cephamycins
  • beta-lactamase CMY-2
  • beta-Lactamases