Detection of bla KPC-2 in a carbapenem-resistant Kluyvera georgiana

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2776-2777

  Ribeiro, Vanessa Bley ^a,b   Zavascki, Alexandre P ^b   Nodari, Carolina Silva ^a   Sandri, Ana Maria ^c   Silva, Marilaine Peres ^c   Campos, Juliana Coutinho ^d   Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello ^e   Barth, Afonso Luís ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; KPC 2; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 2; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-2; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; KLUYVERA GEORGIANA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KLUYVERA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867609478     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks294     Document Type: Letter

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