In vivo multiclonal transfer of blaKPC-3 from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Escherichia coli in surgery patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages O633-O635

  Gona, F ^a   Barbera, F ^a   Pasquariello, A C ^a   Grossi, P ^b   Gridelli, B ^a   Mezzatesta, M L ^c   Caio, C ^c   Stefani, S ^c   Conaldi, P G ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d RiMED Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC; Colonization; ST307

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-3, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84913605742     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12577     Document Type: Article

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