Multifocal diffusion of a KPC-3 producing ST512 K. pneumoniae clone in Northern Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-110

  Migliavacca, Roberta ^a   Nucleo, Elisabetta ^a   Asticcioli, Sara ^a   Casari, Erminia ^b   Bracco, Silvia ^c   Sironi, Maria C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

K. pneumonia; KPC 3; ST512 inter hospital spread

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CLONE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84874592814     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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