Nosocomial dissemination of Providencia stuartii isolates carrying blaOXA-48, blaPER-1, blaCMY-4 and qnrA6 in a Tunisian hospital

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-332

  Mnif, Basma ^a   Ktari, Sonia ^a   Chaari, Anis ^a   Medhioub, Fatma ^a   Rhimi, Faouzia ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a   Hammami, Adnane ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

CMY 4; Genetically related; OXA 48; P. Stuartii; PER 1

Indexed keywords

AAC 6' IB PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 4; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 48; BETA LACTAMASE PER 1; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; QNRA6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLEURISY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIDENCIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872424089     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks386     Document Type: Article

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