Carbapenem and multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria in a single centre in Italy: Considerations on in vitro assay of active drugs

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-116

  Mezzatesta, Maria Lina ^a   Caio, Carla ^a   Gona, Floriana ^b   Cormaci, Roberta ^a   Salerno, Iasmine ^a   Zingali, Tiziana ^a   Denaro, Carmelo ^c   Gennaro, Mauro ^c   Quattrone, Cristiana ^c   Stefani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^c CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenemase; Colistin; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Tigecycline

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; MINOCYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLAKPC 3 GENE; BLAOXA 23 GENE; BLAOXA 48 GENE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84905569260     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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