Detection and characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in wounded Syrian patients admitted to hospitals in northern Israel

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-154

  Lerner, A ^a,h,i   Solter, E ^a,i   Rachi, E ^a,h,i   Adler, A ^a,h,i   Rechnitzer, H ^b,f   Miron, D ^b,f   Krupnick, L ^b,f   Sela, S ^c,f   Aga, E ^c,f   Ziv, Y ^c,f   Peretz, A ^d,f   Labay, K ^d,f   Rahav, G ^d,f   Geffen, Y ^e,g   Hussein, K ^e,g   Eluk, O ^e,g   Carmeli, Y ^a,i   Schwaber, M J ^a,i  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d BARUCH PADEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Infectious Diseases Unit   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^h National Center for Infection Control   (Israel)

ⁱ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATTLE INJURY; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WARFARE; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYRIA; WARFARE; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954385251     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2520-9     Document Type: Article

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