Detection of SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in Italy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-248

  Marchese, A ^a   Arlet, G ^b   Schito, G C ^a   Lagrange, P H ^b   Philippon, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0029983217     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591363     Document Type: Article

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