Emergence of citrobacter freundii carrying IMP-8 metallo-β-lactamase in germany

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 42-45

  Peter, S ^a,b   Wolz, C ^a,b   Kaase, M ^c   Marschal, M ^a,b   Schulte, B ^a,b   Vogel, W ^d   Autenrieth, I ^a,b   Willmann, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; IMP; Infection control; Laboratory surveillance; Metallo lactamases; multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMP 8 METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLAIMP 8 GENE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER FREUNDII INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SMEAR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84921974208     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nmi2.36     Document Type: Article

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