Outbreak of infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 in an intensive care unit in Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1506-1507

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Palma, Daniela Maria ^b   Bonura, Celestino ^a   Plano, Maria Rosa Anna ^a   Monastero, Rachele ^b   Sodano, Concetta ^b   Cal̀a, Cinzia ^a   Tetamo, Romano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ARNAS Civico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEMASE; CARBAPENEMASE 3; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77950508658     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00315-10     Document Type: Letter

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