Prevalence and molecular characteristics of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae from five hospitals in Korea

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 529-535

  Jeong, Seok Hoon ^a   Kim, Han Sung ^b   Kim, Jae Seok ^b   Shin, Dong Hoon ^b   Kim, Hyun Soo ^b   Park, Min Jeong ^b   Shin, Saeam ^b   Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Lee, Seung Soon ^b   Song, Wonkeun ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Korea; KPC 2; OXA 232

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-2; CARBAPENEMASE; OXACILLINASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH KOREA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84986332616     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2016.36.6.529     Document Type: Article

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