Identification of the first imported KPC-3 Klebsiella pneumoniae from the USA to Taiwan

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-435

  Tang, Hung Jen ^a,b   Chen, Ying Tsong ^c,d   Chiang, Tom ^e,f   Fung, Chang Phone ^g   Chuang, Yin Ching ^a   Kristopher Siu, L ^d,h  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC 3,; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLA GENE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRAVEL;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-3, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 84908394470     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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