Clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase KPC-3 in Long Beach, California

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 623-625

  Le, Jennifer ^a,b   Castanheira, Mariana ^c   Burgess, David S ^d,e   McKee, Barbara ^b   Iqbal, Raza ^b   Jones, Ronald N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEMASE; CARBAPENEMASE KPC 3; CEFEPIME; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 75649147877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02397-09     Document Type: Article

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