Detection of the plasmid-mediated KPC-2 carbapenem-hydrolysing enzyme in three unusual species of the enterobacteriaceae family in israel

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 719-720

  Geffen, Yuval ^a   Adler, Amos ^b   Paikin, Svetlana ^c   Khabra, Efrat ^b   Gorenshtein, Sofia ^a   Aronov, Rima ^c   Carmeli, Yehuda ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bla genes; Infection control; Interspecies transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLA KPC 2 GENE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISRAEL; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; LECLERCIA ADECARBOXYLATA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84873604608     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks443     Document Type: Letter

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