Multiclonal outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamase CTX-M-2 and novel variant CTX-M-59 in a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1790-1793

  Garcia, Doroti De Oliveira ^a   Doi, Yohei ^b   Szabo, Dora ^c   Adams Haduch, Jennifer M ^b   Vaz, Tânia M I ^a   Leite, Daniela ^a   Padoveze, Maria Clara ^d   Freire, Maristela P ^d   Silveira, Fernanda P ^b   Paterson, David L ^b,e,f  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Centro de Controle de Doencas   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 2; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 59; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; CEPHALOSPORINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 42949102475     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01440-07     Document Type: Article

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