Outbreak Of citrobacter freundii carrying Vim-1 in an italian hospital, identified during the carbapenemases screening actions, June 2012

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gaibani, Paolo ^a   Ambretti, Simone ^a   Farruggia, Patrizia ^b   Bua, Gloria ^a   Berlingeri, Andrea ^a   Tamburini, Maria Vittoria ^a   Cordovana, Miriam ^a   Guerra, Luca ^b   Mazzetti, Magda ^b   Roncarati, Greta ^b   Tenace, Ciro ^b   Moro, Maria Luisa ^c   Gagliotti, Carlo ^c   Landini, Maria Paola ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Healthcare and Social Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrobacter freundii; Italy; MLST; VIM 1

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAVIM GENE; CHINA; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ITALY; MLST; VIM-1;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84881547817     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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