Isolation of NDM-1-producing klebsiella pnemoniae in Ireland, July 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McDermott, H ^a   Morris, D ^b   McArdle, E ^c   O'Mahony, G ^a   Kelly, S ^a   Cormican, M ^b   Cunney, R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84857266576     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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