Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing OXA-48, CTX-M-15, and ArmA in Greece

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 898-899

  Galani, I ^a   Anagnostoulis, G ^b   Chatzikonstantinou, M ^a   Petrikkos, G ^a   Souli, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEMASE; CTX M 15 EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; OXA 48 CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE CTX-M-15; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXACILLINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARMA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; GREECE; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84994719153     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.08.002     Document Type: Letter

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