Clinical and molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase- Producing klebsiella spp: A systematic review and meta-Analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hendrik, Tirza C ^a   Voorintholt, Anne F ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENETICS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; TRANSMISSION;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84949518184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140754     Document Type: Article

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