Outbreak of KPC-3-producing ST15 and ST348 Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Portuguese hospital

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 595-599

  Vubil, D ^a,b   Figueiredo, R ^a,c   Reis, T ^d   Canha, C ^d   Boaventura, L ^d   Da Silva, G J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Ministério de Saúde   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; carbapenemase; epidemiology; outbreak; lactamase KPC 3

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE TEM; CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE 3; PORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-3, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAKPC 3 GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PORTUGAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINE CULTURE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); URINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; PORTUGAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URINE;

EID: 84992697219     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816002442     Document Type: Article

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