Epidemiology of SHV-type β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella spp. from outbreaks in five geographically distant Hungarian neonatal intensive care units: widespread dissemination of epidemic R-plasmids

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 665-671

  Damjanova, Ivelina ^a   Tóth, Ákos ^a   Pászti, Judit ^a   Jakab, Melinda ^a   Milch, Hedda ^a   Bauernfeind, Adolf ^b   Füzi, Miklós ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b MICOER Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

ESBL; Klebsiella; NICU; R plasmid; SHV 2a; SHV 5

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; R PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHV 2A GENE; SHV 5 GENE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; R FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248187086     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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