Emergence of klebsiella pneumoniae coharboring KPC and VIM carbapenemases in Colombia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1101-1102

  Rojas, L J ^a   Mojica, M F ^a   Blanco, V M ^a   Correa, A ^a   Montealegre, M C ^a   De La Cadena, E ^a   Maya, J J ^a   Camargo, R D ^b   Quinn, J P ^c   Villegas, M V ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b Instituto de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas   (Colombia)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE KPC; BETA LACTAMASE VIM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84872831122     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01666-12     Document Type: Letter

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