Outbreak caused by a multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain of new sequence type ST341 carrying new genetic environments of aac(6')-Ib-cr and qnrS1 genes in a neonatal intensive care unit in Spain

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 464-469

  Ruiz, Elena ^a   Rojo Bezares, Beatriz ^b   Sáenz, Yolanda ^b   Olarte, Inés ^c   Esteban, Inés ^c   Rocha Gracia, Rosa ^a,d   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^d BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aac(6') Ib cr; CTX M 15; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Outbreak; QnrS1; ST341

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

AAC(6') IB CR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QNRS1 GENE; SPAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 77957017259     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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