KPC-producing klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Croatia: A nationwide survey

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 662-667

  Jelic, Marko ^a   Butic, Iva ^a   Plecko, Vanda ^b   Cipris, Ivan ^c   Jajic, Ines ^d   Bejuk, Danijela ^e   Koscak, Iva ^f   Marinkovic, Sonja ^g   Pal, Marina Payerl ^h   Andrasevic, Arjana Tambic ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b University Hospitals Morecambe Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Public Health County Krapinskozagorska   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^f Institute of Public Health Varazdin   (Croatia)

^g KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^h Institute of Public Health County Medimurje   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC; ST258

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BENZENEBORONIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 116; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROATIA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85002975192     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2015.0150     Document Type: Article

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