Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaVIM and blaKPC genes

Hippokratia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-140

  Meletis, G ^a   Tzampaz, E ^a   Protonotariou, E ^a   Sofianou, D ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

lactamases; Carbapenemases; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC 2; SHV; TEM; VIM 1

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77950792919     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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