Emergence of KPC-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, New York: Epidemiology and recommendations for detection

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3018-3020

  Bratu, Simona ^a   Mooty, Mohamad ^a   Nichani, Satyen ^a   Landman, David ^a   Gullans, Carl ^b   Pettinato, Barbara ^c   Karumudi, Usha ^a   Tolaney, Pooja ^a   Quale, John ^a,d  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTETAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAKPC GENE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 21444442707     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.7.3018-3020.2005     Document Type: Article

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