Clinical epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 271-272

  Lippmann, Norman ^a   Lübbert, Christoph ^a   Kaiser, Thorsten ^a   Kaisers, Udo X ^a   Rodloff, Arne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOME; GERMANY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84896482743     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70705-4     Document Type: Letter

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