Multiclonal emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Tuscany, Italy

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-578

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Aleo, Aurora ^a   Bonura, Celestino ^a   Calà, Cinzia ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Roberto ^b   Conti, Antonella ^b   Pecile, Patrizia ^c   Pesavento, Giovanna ^d   Nastasi, Antonino ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Prato   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ARGININE; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; GLYCINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE; TIGECYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 78249277865     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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