An outbreak of SHV-5 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit; meropenem failed to avoid fecal colonization

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-236

  Gundes, Sibel ^a   Arisoy, Ayse Engin ^a   Kolayli, Fetiye ^a   Karaali, Emel ^a   Turker, Gulcan ^a   Sanic, Ahmet ^b   Arisoy, Emin Sami ^a   Vahaboglu, Haluk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beta lactamase; Klebsiella; Meropenem; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 5; BETA-LACTAMASE SHV-5; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MEROPENEM; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIENAMYCINS;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 25444491748     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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