A nosocomial outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital: Dissemination of ST11 and emergence of ST37, ST392 and ST395

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Yang, J ^a   Ye, L ^a   Guo, L ^a   Zhao, Q ^a   Chen, R ^a   Luo, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Tian, S ^b   Zhao, J ^b   Shen, D ^a   Han, L ^b,c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c Center for Hospital Infection Control   (China)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; Outbreak; Sequence type

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; OUTBREAK; SEQUENCE TYPE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84885481513     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12275     Document Type: Article

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