Outbreak of nosocomial infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing strains of enteric group 137, a new member of the family Enterobacteriaceae closely related to Citrobacter farmeri and Citrobacter amalonaticus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3946-3952

  Warren, J R ^a   Farmer III, J J ^a   Dewhirst, F E ^a   Birkhead, K ^a   Zembower, T ^a   Peterson, L R ^a   Sims, L ^a   Bhattacharya, M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; RNA 16S; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER AMALONATICUS; CITROBACTER FARMERI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER AMALONATICUS; CITROBACTER FARMERI; ENTERIC GROUP 137; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0034458708     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.3946-3952.2000     Document Type: Article

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