Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing nosocomial outbreaks of infection in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3105-3110

  Shannon, Kevin ^a   Stapleton, Paul ^a   Xiang, Xiaoqin ^a,c   Johnson, Alan ^b   Beattie, Hamish ^b   El Bakri, Fatima ^b,d   Cookson, Barry ^b   French, Gary ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Southampton Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENTEROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031715463     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3105-3110.1998     Document Type: Article

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