Expansion of clonal complex 258 KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Latin American hospitals: Report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1668-1669

  Castanheira, Mariana ^a   Costello, Andrew J ^a   Deshpande, Lalitagauri M ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC2; CARBAPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CHILE; COLOMBIA; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MEXICO; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84863115655     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05942-11     Document Type: Letter

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