Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae of a novel sequence type (ST383) producing VIM-4, KPC-2 and CMY-4 β-lactamases

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573-574

  Papagiannitsis, Constantinos C ^a   Giakkoupi, Panagiota ^a   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis C ^a   Tryfinopoulou, Kyriaki ^b   Miriagou, Vivi ^c   Tzouvelekis, Leonidas S ^d  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre of Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TIMENTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GREECE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78249280609     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.07.018     Document Type: Letter

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