First descriptions of blaKPC in Raoultella spp. (R. planticola and R. ornithinolytica): Report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4129-4130

  Castanheira, Mariana ^a   Deshpande, Lalitagauri M ^a   DiPersio, Joseph R ^b   Kang, Julia ^c   Weinstein, Melvin P ^c   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES;

RAOULTELLA; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; OHIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 71549142863     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01502-09     Document Type: Article

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