KPC-2-encoding plasmids from escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 628-631

  Chen, Ying Tsong ^a,b   Lin, Jung Chung ^c   Fung, Chang Phone ^d   Lu, Po Liang ^e,f   Chuang, Yin Ching ^g   Wu, Tsu Lan ^h   Kristopher Siu, L ^a,c,i  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^h CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; IncFIIK; Resistance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

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

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMID; TAIWAN;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84894053616     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt409     Document Type: Article

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