First outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae in Germany

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-570

  Wendt, C ^a   Schutt S ^a   Dalpke, A H ^a   Konrad, M ^a   Mieth, M ^a   Trierweiler Hauke, B ^a   Weigand, M A ^a   Zimmermann, S ^a   Biehler, K ^b   Jonas, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77952097425     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0896-0     Document Type: Article

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