High prevalence of 16S rRNA methylase RmtB among CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from Islamabad, Pakistan

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 524-526

  Habeeb, Muhammad Asif ^a,b   Haque, Abdul ^a   Nematzadeh, Shoeib ^b   Iversen, Aina ^b   Giske, Christian G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AmpC lactamases; Capsular serotype; CTX M; PMQR determinants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PAKISTAN; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84877693719     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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