Detection of aac(6′)-Ib-cr in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Tel Aviv, Israel

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 718-722

  Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Hermesh, Orit ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a   Strahilevitz, Jacob ^b   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

lactamases; Carbapenem resistance; Plasmids; Quinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PROTEIN QEPA; PROTEIN QNR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349467522     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp272     Document Type: Article

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