A new plasmidic cefotaximase from patients infected with Salmonella typhimurium.

doi:10.1007/BF01704610

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A new plasmidic cefotaximase from patients infected with Salmonella typhimurium.

Infection - 1 Jan 2000

Bauernfeind A, Casellas J M, Goldberg M, Holley M, Jungwirth R, Mangold P, Röhnisch T, Schweighart S, Wilhelm R

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Salmonella typhimurium strains resistant to most beta-lactams, co-trimoxazole, tobramycin and gentamicin were isolated from patients in two hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, beginning in August 1990. The patients were suffering from meningitis, septicaemia or enteritis. Therapy including ampi...

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Argentina
Cefotaxime
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Infant
Isoelectric Point
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Weight
Phenotype
R Factors
Salmonella Infections
Salmonella typhimurium
beta-Lactamases

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