Rapid acquisition of decreased carbapenem susceptibility in a strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae arising during meropenem therapy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Findlay, J ^a   Hamouda, A ^a   Dancer, S J ^b   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTX M 15; Efflux; Ertapenem; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Outer membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MEROPENEM; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84856227967     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03515.x     Document Type: Article

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