Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring OXA-48 carbapenemase in a Libyan refugee in Italy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Kocsis, E ^a   Savio, C ^b   Piccoli, M ^a   Cornaglia, G ^a   Mazzariol, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; IncL M like plasmid; Klebsiella pneumoniae ST 101; OXA 48; Tn1999.2

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 1; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 48; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 11; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84882688233     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12232     Document Type: Article

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