The use of whole-genome sequencing for molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial surveillance: Identifying the role of IncX3 plasmids and the spread of blaNDM-4-like genes in the Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 835-838

  Espedido, Björn A ^a,b,c   Dimitrijovski, Borce ^a,b,d   Van Hal, Sebastiaan J ^b,d   Jensen, Slade O ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BLANDM 1 GENE; BLANDM 4 GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYANMAR; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84943454746     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-203044     Document Type: Article

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