Outbreak of KPC-3-producing, and colistin-resistant, Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in two Sicilian hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1444-1447

  Mezzatesta, M L ^a   Gona, F ^a   Caio, C ^a   Petrolito, V ^a   Sciortino, D ^a   Sciacca, A ^b   Santangelo, C ^b   Stefani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colistin resistance; Colonization; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC 3; ST258

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KPC 3 CARBAPENAMASE; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80051877413     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03572.x     Document Type: Article

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