Carbapenemase KPC-2 in ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae from two clinics from Villavicencio, Colombia

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-101

  Martinez, Pedro ^a   Sanchez, Liliana ^b   Mattar, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COOPERATIVA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEMASE KPC 2; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLOMBIA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLOMBIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84893644832     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.09.002     Document Type: Letter

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