Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying qnrB1 and blaCTX-M15 in a French intensive care unit

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Filippa, Nathalie ^a   Carricajo, Anne ^a   Grattard, Florence ^a   Fascia, Pascal ^a   Sayed, Faten El ^a   Defilippis, Jean Pierre ^b   Berthelot, Philippe ^a   Aubert, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b Clinique Mutualiste de Saint Etienne   (France)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum beta lactamase; Intensive care unit; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Outbreak; Quinolone resistance; Screening

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84881248081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-18     Document Type: Article

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