Genetic diversity of genes encoding OKP and LEN β-lactamases produced by clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Portugal

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-338

  Mendonça, Nuno ^a   Ferreira, Eugénia ^a   Caniça, Manuela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genetic diversity; Klebsiella pneumoniae; LEN; OKP; Portugal

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; LEN ENZYME; OKP ENZYME; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 59649108749     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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