Characterization of a DHA-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain involved in an outbreak and role of the AmpR regulator in virulence

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 288-294

  Hennequin, Claire ^a   Robin, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Cabrolier, Nadège ^a   Bonnet, Richard ^a,b,c   Forestier, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORINASE; DHA 1 ENZYME; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84455192731     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00164-11     Document Type: Article

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