Detection of oxa-48-like carbapenemase-producing klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary care center in Turkey: Molecular characterization and epidemiology

Balkan Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-260

  Azap, Ozlem ^a   Otlu, Bariş ^a   Yeşilkaya, Ayşegül ^a   Yakupoǧullar, Yusuf ^a  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OXA 48 LIKE CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84879130556     PISSN: 21463123     EISSN: 21463131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.7499     Document Type: Article

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