Complexity and diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with extended-spectrum β-lactamases isolated in 1994 and 1996 at a teaching hospital in Durban, South Africa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 88-95

  Essack, S Y ^a   Hall, L M C ^a   Pillay, D G ^a   McFadyen, M L ^a   Livermore, D M ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTAZIDIME PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; ENZYME VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035160897     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.1.88-95.2001     Document Type: Article

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