Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST512 isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of a child in Algeria

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2015, Pages 34-36

  Bakour, S ^a,b   Sahli, F ^c   Touati, A ^a   Rolain, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Setif 1 University   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Carbapenem resistance; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC; ST512

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE;

ALGERIA; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84926218302     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2014.09.001     Document Type: Note

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