Transfer of Carbapenem-resistant plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 to Escherichia coli in patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1017

  Goren, Moran G ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^b   Schwaber, Mitchell J ^b   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Schechner, Vered ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b National Center for Infection Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEPSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; COLISTIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLASMIDS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 77952711660     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1606.091671     Document Type: Article

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