Introduction of OXA-48-producing enterobacteriaceae to israeli hospitals by medical tourism

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2763-2766

  Adler, Amos ^a   Shklyar, Maya ^a   Schwaber, Mitchell J ^a   Navon venezia, Shiri ^a   Dhaher, Yacoub ^b   Edgar, Rotem ^a   Solter, Ester ^a   Benenson, Shmuel ^c   Masarwa, Samira ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Augusta Victoria Hospital   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Conjugation; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXA 48 PROTEIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OXA 48 PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 81855226419     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr382     Document Type: Article

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