A case of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient transferred to Slovenia from Libya, November 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Pirs M ^a   Andlovic, A ^a   Cerar, T ^a   Zohar Cretnik T ^b   Kobola, L ^b   Kolman, J ^b   Frelih, T ^b   Presern Strukelj M ^c   Ruzic Sabljic E ^a   Seme, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXA 48; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SCREENING; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84855335960     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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