Evaluation of PCR-based testing for surveillance of KPC-producing carbapenem-resistant members of the Enterobacteriaceae family

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3261-3265

  Schechner, Vered ^a   Straus Robinson, Keren ^a   Schwartz, David ^a   Pfeffer, Iris ^a   Tarabeia, Jalal ^a   Moskovich, Rina ^a   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Schwaber, Mitchell J ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 70349641149     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02368-08     Document Type: Article

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