Emergence of a carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae [4]

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9080, 1997, Pages 783-

  MacKenzie, F M ^a   Forbes, K J ^b   Dorai John, T ^b   Amyes, S G B ^b   Gould, I M ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0342981062     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)62567-6     Document Type: Article

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