Plasmid comparison and molecular analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blakpc from New York city and Toronto

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1273-1277

  Mataseje, L F ^a   Boyd, D A ^a   Willey, B M ^b   Prayitno, N ^b   Kreiswirth, N ^b   Gelosia, A ^b   Poutanen, S M ^b   Low, D E ^b,c   Jenkins, S G ^d   Katz, K ^e   Mulvey, M R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ontario Public Health Association   (Canada)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbapenemases; Enterobacteriaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; STOP CODON; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CANADA; CARBAPENEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW YORK CITY; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79956018427     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr092     Document Type: Article

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