Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae at a single institution: Insights into endemicity from Whole-genome sequencing

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1656-1663

  Mathers, Amy J ^a   Stoesser, Nicole ^b   Sheppard, Anna E ^b   Pankhurst, Louise ^b   Giess, Adam ^b   Yeh, Anthony J ^a,g   Didelot, Xavier ^c   Turner, Stephen D ^a   Sebra, Robert ^d   Kasarskis, Andrew ^d   Peto, Tim ^b   Crook, Derrick ^b,e   Sifri, Costi D ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84923248071     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04292-14     Document Type: Article

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