Prevalence and Detection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Carrying Metallo-β-lactamase blaL1 in Beijing, China

Intrinsic β-lactam resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia S. maltophilia is caused by blaL1 and/or blaL2, a kind of metallo-β-lactamase with a broad substrate spectrum including carbapenems. A rapid and sensitive molecular method for the detection of blaL1 in clinical samples is needed to guide...

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Main Authors: Zhan eYang, Wei eLiu, Qian eCui, Wen Kai Niu, Huan eLi, Xiang Na Zhao, Xiao eWei, Xue Song Wang, Si Mo Huang, De Rong Dong, Si Jing Lu, Chang Qing Bai, Yan eLi, Liu Yu Huang, Jing eYuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00692/full