Molecular epidemiology of a cluster of cases due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase in the premature intensive care unit of a Hungarian hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4167-4169

  Szabó, Dóra ^a   Filetóth, Zsolt ^b   Szentandrássy, Julianna ^c   Némedi, Mária ^c   Tóth, Erzsébet ^c   Jeney, Csaba ^a   Kispál, Gyula ^c   Rozgonyi, Ferenc ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Orszagos Traumatologiai Intezet   (Hungary)

^c Hetenyi Geza County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0345580295     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4167-4169.1999     Document Type: Article

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