Two sporadic cases of infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Ishii, Yoshikazu ^b   Nakano, Michiko ^a   Matsuda, Junichi ^a   Ozaki, Yumi ^a   Mochida, Chikako ^a   Iori, Fumiaki ^a   Ma, Ling ^b   Izumikawa, Kohichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a   Yamada, Yasuaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^b   Kamihira, Shimeru ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamases (ESBLs); Klebsiella pneumoniae; LEN; SHV; TEM

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFPIROME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISEPAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; MITOXANTRONE; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINDESINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 13044280257     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050015     Document Type: Article

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