Tracking nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infections and outbreaks by whole-genome analysis: Small-scale Italian scenario within a single hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2861-2868

  Onori, Raffaella ^a   Gaiarsa, Stefano ^b,c   Comandatore, Francesco ^c   Pongolini, Stefano ^d   Brisse, Sylvain ^e   Colombo, Alberto ^a   Cassani, Gianluca ^a   Marone, Piero ^b   Grossi, Paolo ^a   Minoja, Giulio ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^c   Sassera, Davide ^f   Toniolo, Antonio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; YERSINIABACTIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84940061700     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00545-15     Document Type: Article

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