Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-326

  Cole, Justin M ^a,c   Schuetz, Audrey N ^a,d   Hill, Charles E ^a   Nolte, Frederick S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; ISOENZYME; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 60849111684     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01550-08     Document Type: Article

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