Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in bacteremia in Switzerland

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1322-1323

  Nordmann, Patrice ^a,b   Lienhard, Reto ^c   Kieffer, Nicolas ^a   Clerc, Olivier ^d   Poirel, Laurent ^a  

^a University of Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^c ADMED Microbiologie ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Hôpital Neuchâtelois HNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; UREIDOPENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84966335476     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw124     Document Type: Letter

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