Isolation of kPC-2-producing klebsiella pneumoniae strains belonging to the high-risk multiresistant clonal complex 11 (ST437 and ST340) in urban rivers

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 849-852

  Oliveira, Silvane ^a   Moura, Rodrigo A ^a   Silva, Ketrin C ^a   Pavez, Mónica ^a   Mcculloch, John A ^b   Dropa, Milena ^a   Matt́e, Maria H ^a   Mamizuka, Elsa M ^a   Sato, Maria I Z ^c   de castro, Antonio F Pestana ^a   Lincopan, Nilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant; CTX M 15; CTX M 2; Enterobacteriaceae; MLST; Multidrug resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-2;

CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMID; RIVER; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CITIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; RIVERS;

EID: 84894043979     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt431     Document Type: Letter

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