KPC-2 and OXA-48 carbapenemase-harbouring Enterobacteriaceae detected in an Austrian wastewater treatment plant

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Galler, H ^a   Feierl, G ^a   Petternel, C ^a   Reinthaler, F F ^a   Haas, D ^a   Grisold, A J ^a   Luxner, J ^a   Zarfel, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Klebsiella; KPC; OXA 48; Waste water

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI OXA 48; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE KPC 2; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE OXA 48; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

CARBAPENEMASE; KLEBSIELLA; KPC; OXA-48; WASTE WATER;

AUSTRIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84892488148     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12336     Document Type: Article

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