Comparative evaluation of combined-disk tests using different boronic acid compounds for detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2804-2809

  Tsakris, Athanassios ^a   Themeli Digalaki, Katerina ^b   Poulou, Aggeliki ^a,c   Vrioni, Georgia ^a   Voulgari, Evangelia ^a   Koumaki, Vasiliki ^a   Agodi, Antonella ^d   Pournaras, Spyros ^e   Sofianou, Danai ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c General District Hospital of Serres   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^f Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOPHENYLBORONIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BENZENEBORONIC ACID; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BORONIC ACIDS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIENAMYCINS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79960953855     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00666-11     Document Type: Article

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