Emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae during the years 2000 and 2004 in Helsinki, Finland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1158-1161

  Forssten, S D ^a   Kolho, E ^b   Lauhio, A ^b   Lehtola, L ^c   Mero, S ^b   Oksaharju, A ^b   Jalava, J ^a   Tarkka, E ^b   Vaara, M ^b   Vuopio Varkila, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Acute Care Hospitals and Health Stations   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clonality; Escherichia coli; Extended spectrum lactamases; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINLAND; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 77955162593     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03068.x     Document Type: Article

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