Carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Ecuadorian hospitals

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-230

  Zurita, Jeannete ^a,b,c   Alcocer, Iliana ^c   Ortega Paredes, David ^b,c   Barba, Pedro ^c   Yauri, Fernanda ^c   Iñiguez, Diana ^d   Mora, Marcelo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d Instituto Del Cncer de la Sociedad de Lucha Contra El Cncer (SOLCA)   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; TIGECYCLINE;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARITHMETIC; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84890338478     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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