Epidemiological typing of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates responsible for five outbreaks in a university hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Branger, C ^a   Bruneau, B ^a   Lesimple, A L ^a   Bouvet, P J M ^b   Berry, P ^a   Sevali Garcia, J ^a   Lambert Zechovsky, N ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Outbreak; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030973464     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90088-8     Document Type: Article

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