NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae from South Africa: Moving towards endemicity?

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-380

  Rubin, Joseph E ^a,b,c   Peirano, Gisele ^a,b   Peer, Abdool K ^d   Govind, Chetna N ^d   Pitout, Johann D D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Department of Veterinary Microbiology University of Saskatchewan ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Metallo lactamases; Molecular epidemiology; NDM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; NEW DELHI NETALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ARMA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CCDAB GENE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QNRA GENE; QNRS GENE; REPLICON; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RMTC GENE; RMTF GENE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOUTH AMERICA; VAGC GENE; VAGD GENE; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902117324     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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