Molecular epidemiology of multidrug resistant extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at a Jamaican hospital, 2000 - 2004

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Christian, Nicole A ^a   Roye Green, Karen ^a   Smikle, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAMAICA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; JAMAICA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 77249138272     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-27     Document Type: Article

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