First clonal spread of KPC-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2003-2005

  Santella, Gisela ^a   Cittadini, Roxana ^b   Papalia, Mariana ^a   Vera Ocampo, Cecilia ^b   Del Castillo, Marcelo ^b   Vay, Carlos ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^b   Radice, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Mater Dei   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KPC PROTEIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84868210617     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.03.022     Document Type: Letter

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