Genetic factors associated with elevated carbapenem resistance in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4201-4207

  Kitchel, Brandon ^a   Rasheed, J Kamile ^a   Endimiani, Andrea ^b,c   Hujer, Andrea M ^b,c   Anderson, Karen F ^a   Bonomo, Robert A ^b,c   Patel, Jean B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; HEREDITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBAPENEMS; IMIPENEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 77957338681     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00008-10     Document Type: Article

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