KPC-2-producing sequence type 11 Klebsiella pneumoniae detected in Taiwan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2207-2208

  Lauderdale, Tsai Ling ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^b   Lin, Chin Fu ^b   Lai, Jui Fen ^a   Tan, Mei Chen ^a   Wang, Jan Tay ^c   Chang, Shan Chwen ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN B; SULFADOXINE PLUS TRIMETHOPRIM; TIGECYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863371853     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05576-11     Document Type: Letter

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