First description of kpc-2-producing klebsiella oxytoca in brazil

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4077-4078

  Almeida, Anna C S ^a,b   Cavalcanti, Felipe L S ^a,b   Martins, Willames M B ^a,b   Vilela, Marinalda A ^a   Gales, Ana C ^c   Morais Junior, Marcos A ^b   Morais, Márcia M C ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARR 8 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLA KPC PROTEIN; CARBAPENEMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DHFRIIIC PROTEIN; IMIPENEM; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALLELE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS;

AGED; ALLELES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 84880317498     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02376-12     Document Type: Article

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