First nosocomial outbreak of VIM-16-producing Serratia marcescens in Argentina

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 617-619

  Nastro, M ^a   Monge, R ^a,b   Zintgraff, J ^b   Vaulet, L G ^a   Boutureira, M ^b   Famiglietti, A ^a   Rodriguez, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaceae; Outbreak; S. marcescens; VIM

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WARD;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84878901801     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03978.x     Document Type: Article

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