Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae-producing KPC-2 carbapenemase in Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-580

  Fehlberg, Lorena C C ^a   Carvalho, Albalucia M C ^b   Campana, Eloiza H ^a   Gontijo Filho, Paulo P ^c   Gales, Ana C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta lactam resistance; Carbapenem resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; Modified Hodge test

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE 2; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84870468899     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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