Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in Finland: The first years (2008-11)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2860-2864

  Österblad, Monica ^a   Kirveskari, Juha ^b   Hakanen, Antti J ^a   Tissari, Päivi ^b   Vaara, Martti ^b   Jalava, Jari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lactamases; Detection; MLST

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84869403055     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks299     Document Type: Article

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