Molecular characterization of the blaKPC-2 gene in clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from the pediatric wards of a Chinese hospital

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1167-1173

  Liu, Yang ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^b   Wan, La Gen ^a   Jiang, Wei Yan ^b   Li, Fang Qu ^b   Yang, Jing Hong ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA methylase genes; Extended spectrum b lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; ENDONUCLEASE; PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROBE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84867861964     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-094     Document Type: Article

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