VIM and IMP metallo-β-lactamases and other extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from environmental samples in a Tunisian hospital

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 725-732

  Chouchani, Chedly ^a   Marrakchi, Rim ^a,b   Ferchichi, Leila ^c   El Salabi, Allaaeddin ^d   Walsh, Timothy R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c Université de Sousse   (Tunisia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESBL; Hospital environment; IMP 1; Tunisia; VIM 2

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; DNA; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMP 1 PROTEIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 2 PROTEIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOTTING; COLONY BLOTTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TUNISIA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 80052842870     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02793.x     Document Type: Article

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