Emergence of Two Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Harboring Plasmid-Mediated CTX-M-15 β-Lactamase in Taiwan [2]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 362-363

  Yu, Wen Liang ^a   Cheng, Kuo Chen ^a   Wu, Lii Tzu ^b   Pfaller, Michael A ^c   Winokur, Patricia L ^c   Jones, Ronald N ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0347992024     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.362-364.2004     Document Type: Letter

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