FRI-4 carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex isolated in Tokyo, Japan
Author(s) -
Hiroaki Kubota,
Yoshifumi Uwamino,
Mari Matsui,
Tsuyoshi Sekizuka,
Yasunori Suzuki,
Rumi Okuno,
Yumi Uchitani,
Tsukasa Ariyoshi,
Wataru Aoki,
Satowa Suzuki,
Makoto Kuroda,
Takayuki Shinkai,
Keiko Yokoyama,
Kenji Sadamasu,
Takeru Funakoshi,
Mitsuru Murata,
Naoki Hasegawa,
Satoshi Iwata
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky291
Subject(s) - enterobacter cloacae , plasmid , gene , biology , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , carbapenem , enterobacteriaceae , antibiotics , genetics
A carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex isolated in Tokyo, Japan, produced a carbapenemase that was detected by a Carba NP test and a modified carbapenem inactivation method, but none of the 'Big Five' carbapenemase genes was detected by PCR. This study aimed to identify the carbapenemase.
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