The ongoing challenge of acquired carbapenemases: A hospital outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae simultaneously producing VIM-1 and KPC-2

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-191

  Zioga, A ^a   Miriagou, V ^a   Tzelepi, E ^a   Douzinas, E ^b   Tsakiri, M ^b   Legakis, N J ^b   Daikos, G L ^c   Tzouvelekis, L S ^c  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; KPC 2 ENZYME; MEROPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 1 ENZYME;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREECE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 77953809437     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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