OXA-181-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae establishing in Singapore

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Balm, Michelle N D ^a   Ngan, Grace ^a   Jureen, Roland ^a   Lin, Raymond T P ^a   Teo, Jeanette W P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Beta lactamases; Carbapenemases; Gram negative resistance; Hospital associated infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE NDM 1; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 181; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; SERINE CARBAPENEMASE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

16S RRNA METHYLASE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXA 181 GENE; OXACILLINASE GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGAPORE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84873028093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-58     Document Type: Article

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