Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacter aerogenes phenotypically misidentified as Klebsiella pneumoniae or K. terrigena

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Claeys, Geert ^a   De Baere, Thierry ^a   Wauters, Georges ^b   Vandecandelaere, Patricia ^c   Verschraegen, Gerda ^a   Muylaert, An ^d   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Jan Yperman Hospital   (Belgium)

^d Streeklaboratorium Zeeuws Vlaanderen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; TRANSFER DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA TERRIGENA; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RNA SEQUENCE; STANDARD;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHOENIX;

EID: 14644439279     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-49     Document Type: Article

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