Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blaKPC-3 and blaVIM-2 from central Italy

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-221

  Perilli, Mariagrazia ^a   Bottoni, Carlo ^a   Grimaldi, Alessandro ^b   Segatore, Bernardetta ^a   Celenza, Giuseppe ^a   Mariani, Maurizio ^b   Bellio, Pierangelo ^a   Frascaria, Patrizia ^b   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; KPC; Transposons; VIM

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 3; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 3 GENE; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTEGRON; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84872487350     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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