Outbreak of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Northern Italy, July to august 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 47, 2011, Pages

  Gaibani, P ^a   Ambrettil, S ^a   Berlingeri, A ^a   Cordovana, M ^a   Farruggia, P ^b   Panico, M ^b   Landini, M P ^a   Sambri, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INDIA; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NDM 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 82955207613     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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