Rectal screening for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases: Comparison of real-time PCR and culture using two selective screening agar plates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2596-2600

  Singh, Kamaljit ^a   Mangold, Kathy A ^b   Wyant, Kody ^a   Schora, Donna M ^b   Voss, Barbara ^b   Kaul, Karen L ^b   Hayden, Mary K ^a   Chundi, Vishnu ^c   Peterson, Lance R ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c Resurrection Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CULTURE VESSEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURNAROUND TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHICAGO; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS SCREENING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84864416294     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00654-12     Document Type: Article

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