New genetic environments of aac(6')-Ib-cr gene in a multiresistant Klebsiella oxytoca strain causing an outbreak in a pediatric intensive care unit

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-238

  Ruiz, Elena ^a   Rezusta, Antonio ^b,c   Sáenz, Yolanda ^d   Rocha Gracia, Rosa ^a,e   Vinué, Laura ^a   Vindel, Ana ^f   Villuendas, Cruz ^b,c   Azañedo, Maria Luisa ^f   Monforte, Maria Luisa ^b   Revillo, Maria José ^b,c   Torres, Carmen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

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

^e BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 1; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEUCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHIONINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN PARC; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SPAIN;

EID: 78651456572     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.004     Document Type: Letter

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