Virulence and plasmid transferability of KPC Klebsiella pneumoniae at the veterans affairs healthcare system of New Jersey

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-384

  Siu, L Kristopher ^a,b   Lin, Jung Chung ^c   Gomez, Eric ^d   Eng, Robert ^d   Chiang, Tom ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; NEW JERSEY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VETERANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MURINAE;

EID: 84864337411     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0241     Document Type: Article

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