Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae during 2011-12 in the Bolzano area (Northern Italy): Increasing diversity in a low-endemicity setting

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-356

  Aschbacher, Richard ^a   Giani, Tommaso ^b   Corda, Daniele ^a   Conte, Viola ^b   Arena, Fabio ^b   Pasquetto, Valentina ^a   Scalzo, Katia ^a   Nicoletti, Maira ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^b,c,d   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Enterobacteriaceae; KPC; OXA 48; VIM

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC 3; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 48; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 1; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CARBAPENEMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KPC; OXA-48; VIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887605871     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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