Characterisation of the CTX-M-15-encoding gene in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from the Barcelona metropolitan area: Plasmid diversity and chromosomal integration

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Coelho, Alicia ^a,b   González López, Juan José ^a,b   Miró, Elisenda ^c   Alonso Tarrés, Carles ^d   Mirelis, Beatriz ^b,c   Larrosa, María Nieves ^a,b   Bartolomé, Rosa María ^a,b   Andreu, Antonia ^a,b   Navarro, Ferran ^b,c   Johnson, James R ^e   Prats, Guillem ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

BlaCTX M 15; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Replicon

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953027119     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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