Nosocomial clustering of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340 strains in four patients at a South Korean tertiary care hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1433-1436

  Kim, Mi Na ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^b   An, Dongheui ^a   Chung, Hae Sun ^b   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Chong, Yunsop ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NDM 1 PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84863337510     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06855-11     Document Type: Article

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