Rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase genes in enterobacteriaceae directly from blood culture bottles by real-time PCR

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 627-632

  Francis, Richard O ^a   Wu, Fann ^a   Della Latta, Phyllis ^a   Shi, Jun ^a   Whittier, Susan ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW YORK CITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860552880     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP9SNHJG2QGLWU     Document Type: Article

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