Increased serum resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3477-3482

  Sahly, H ^a   Aucken, H ^b   Benedi V J ^c   Forestier, C ^e   Fussing, V ^f   Hansen, D S ^f   Ofek, I ^g   Podschun, R ^a   Sirot, D ^e   Tomas J M ^d   Sandvang, D ^f   Ullmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Laboratoire de Bacteriologie   (France)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUROPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SERUM RESISTANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

EID: 4344700727     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3477-3482.2004     Document Type: Article

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