Rapid detection of intestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase during an outbreak

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-122

  Giani, T ^a   Tascini, C ^b   Arena, F ^a   Ciullo, I ^b   Conte, V ^a   Leonildi, A ^b   Menichetti, F ^b   Rossolini, G M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intestinal carriage; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC carbapenemase; Screening

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZENEBORONIC ACID; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; MEROPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RECTAL SWAB; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861659831     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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