High frequency of IMP-6 among clinical isolates of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Japan

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug;56(8):4554-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00617-12. Epub 2012 Jun 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase