Hyperendemic clone of KPC producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST 258 in Buenos Aires hospitals

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-501

  Cejas, Daniela ^a   Fernandez Canigia, Liliana ^b   Nastro, Marcela ^a,c   Rodríguez, Cynthia ^d   Tanco, Ana ^d   Rodríguez, Hernan ^a,c   Vay, Carlos ^a,c   Maldonado, Ivana ^b   Famiglietti, Angela ^a,c   Giovanakis, Marta ^e   Magariños, Francisco ^f   Berardinelli, Elena ^f   Neira, Liliana ^g   Mollerach, Marta ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a   Radice, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f Sanatorio de la Providencia   (Argentina)

^g Sanatorio OSPLAD   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; KPC carbapenemases; ST 258

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; DISK DIFFUSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84858863379     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.09.018     Document Type: Letter

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