CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and dissemination of the plasmidic blaCTX-M-3 in Bulgaria

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-125

  Markovska, R ^a   Keuleyan, E ^b   Schneider, I ^c   Markova, B ^d   Rachkova, K ^e   Sredkova, M ^f   Bauernfeind, A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Bulgaria)

^c MICOER Institute   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^e University Hospital Stara Zagora   (Bulgaria)

^f University Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULGARIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; BULGARIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 33644672574     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0085-3     Document Type: Article

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