Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Greece [2]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 796-797

  Cuzon, Gaelle ^a   Naas, Thierry ^a   Demachy, Marie Claude ^b   Nordmann, Patrice ^c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM HYDROLYZING BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GREECE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CARBAPENEMS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 38649120083     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01180-07     Document Type: Letter

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