Dissemination of blaKPC-2by the spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal complex 258 clones (ST258, ST11, ST437) and plasmids (IncFII, IncN, IncL/M) among Enterobacteriaceae species in Brazil

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3579-3583

  Andrade, Leonardo Neves ^a   Curiao, Tânia ^b   Ferreira, Joseane Cristina ^a   Longo, Juliana Mucedola ^a   Clímaco, Eduardo Carneiro ^a   Martinez, Roberto ^a   Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando ^a   Basile Filho, Aníbal ^a   Evaristo, Marco Antônio ^a   Del Peloso, Pedro F ^c   Ribeiro, Vanessa Bley ^d   Barth, Afonso Luis ^d   Paula, Milena Cristina ^e   Baquero, Fernando ^b   Cantón, Rafael ^b   Da Costa Darini, Ana Lúcia ^a   Coque, Teresa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Laboratório Richet   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Santa Casa de Franca   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY;

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 2; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-2;

BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79959195195     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01783-10     Document Type: Article

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