Rectal swabs are suitable for quantifying the carriage load of KPC-producing carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1474-1479

  Lerner, A ^a,b   Romano, J ^c   Chmelnitsky, I ^a   Navon Venezia, S ^a   Edgar, R ^a   Carmeli, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GluSense LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTAL SWAB; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; COLON; FECES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84874095098     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01275-12     Document Type: Article

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