First clinical cases of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from two hospitals in Bulgaria

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 837-840

  Todorova, Bozhana ^a,b   Sabtcheva, Stefana ^b   Ivanov, Ivan N ^a   Lesseva, Magdalena ^c   Chalashkanov, Tzano ^c   Ioneva, Magda ^d   Bachvarova, Assya ^d   Dobreva, Elina ^a   Kantardjiev, Todor ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^c Emergency Medical Institute Pirogov   (Bulgaria)

^d Tokuda Hospital Sofia   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Klebsiella pneumoniae; NDM

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 4; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; BETA LACTAMASE NEW DELHI METALLO 1; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE PLUS SULBACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DORIPENEM; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

AAC(6') IB GENE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; CONJUGATION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROSTATE CANCER; QNRB GENE; URETHRA STENOSIS; URETHROTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BULGARIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84964587576     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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