Emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Danish hospitals; This is in part explained by spread of two CTX-M-15 clones with multilocus sequence types 15 and 16 in Zealand

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-182

  Lester, Camilla H ^a   Olsen, Stefan S ^a   Jakobsen, Lotte ^a   Arpi, Magnus ^b   Fuursted, Kurt ^c   Hansen, Dennis S ^d   Heltberg, Ole ^e   Holm, Anette ^f   Højbjerg, Tove ^g   Jensen, Kjeld Truberg ^h   Johansen, Helle Krogh ⁱ   Justesen, Ulrik Stenz ^j   Kemp, Michael ^a   Knudsen, Jenny Dahl ^k   Røder, Bent ^l   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h University of Esbjerg   (Denmark)

ⁱ Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^j LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^l SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DENMARK; GENOTYPE; GENTAMICINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 79959754346     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.03.018     Document Type: Letter

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