Molecular surveillance and prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Northern Taiwan

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2871-2873

  Hsieh, Wen Shyang ^a,b   Wang, Nai Yu ^c   Feng, Jou An ^c   Weng, Li Chuan ^c   Wu, Hsueh Hsia ^b,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; IMP 8; KPC 2

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; SERRATIA; TAIWAN; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84928797694     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku205     Document Type: Letter

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