Isolation of a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate of sequence type 258 producing KPC-2 carbapenemase in Korea

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-301

  Roh, Kyoung Ho ^a   Lee, Chang Kyu ^a   Sohn, Jang Wook ^a   Song, Wonkeun ^b   Yong, Dongeun ^c   Lee, Kyungwon ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumonia; KPC 2; ST258

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 2; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-2; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863230297     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.4.298     Document Type: Article

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