Trends in carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. from Europe and the Americas: Report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme (2007-09)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1409-1411

  Castanheira, Mariana ^a   Mendes, Rodrigo E ^a   Woosley, Leah N ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a,b  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; KPC

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREND STUDY;

AMERICAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 79956007427     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr081     Document Type: Letter

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