Rapid emergence and spread of OXA-48-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgian hospitals

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Glupczynski, Youri ^a   Huang, Te Din ^a   Bouchahrouf, Warda ^a   Rezende De Castro, Roberta ^a   Bauraing, Caroline ^a   Gérard, Michèle ^b   Verbruggen, Anne Marie ^c   Deplano, Ariane ^d   Denis, Olivier ^d   Bogaerts, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c AZ Nikolaas   (Belgium)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaceae; OXA 48

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TEMOCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXA 48 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84855514510     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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