Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in a patient infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 998-999

  Nicolet, Stefan ^a   Goldenberger, Daniel ^b   Schwede, Torsten ^a   Page, Malcolm ^c   Creus, Marc ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; COLISTIN; HU PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEROPENEM; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PULLULANASE; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME; DETOXIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84999635242     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30197-9     Document Type: Letter

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