Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing CTX-M-15 recovered from hospital environmental surfaces from Algeria

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-185

  Touati, A ^a   Brasme, L ^b   Benallaoua, S ^a   Madoux, J ^b   Gharout, A ^a   de Champs, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WARD;

ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 39149127306     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.11.001     Document Type: Letter

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