Household transmission of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 859-860

  Gottesman, Tamar ^a   Agmon, Orly ^a   Shwartz, Orna ^a   Dan, Michael ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 45249121536     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071340     Document Type: Letter

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