OXA-48-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Causing Bacteremia, United Arab Emirates

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages e36-e37

  Ahn, Chulsoo ^a   Butt, Adeel A ^a,b   Rivera, Jesabel I ^a   Yaqoob, Maidah ^b   Hag, Sara ^b   Khalil, Alaa ^b   Pitout, Marthinus ^b   Doi, Yohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; OXA 48

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-48, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84916235188     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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