Plasmid-mediated, carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamase, KPC-2, in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 711-714

  Moland, Ellen Smith ^a   Hanson, Nancy D ^a   Herrera, Vicki L ^a   Black, Jennifer A ^a   Lockhart, Thomas J ^a   Hossain, Ashfaque ^a   Johnson, Judith A ^b   Goering, Richard V ^a   Thomson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lactamase; Carbapenemase; Ertapenem; Imipenem; Meropenem

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; HYDROLASE; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SODIUM AZIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAZOBACTAM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0037339196     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg124     Document Type: Article

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