Investigation of the clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in a neonatal ward, Sousse, Tunisia

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Bouallègue Godet, Olfa ^a,c   Grimont, Francine ^b   Salem, Youssef Ben ^a   Saidani, Mabrouka ^a   Mzoughi, Ridha ^a   Sboui, Hassen ^a   Grimont, Patrick A D ^b  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biotyping; Extended spectrum lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Neonates; Pulse field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CARBON SOURCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SCREENING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; WARD;

EID: 13844266262     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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