Open AccessMolecular epidemiology and risk factors of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author(s) -
Juan Luis Mosqueda-Gómez,
Aldo J. MontañoLoza,
Ana Lilia Rolón,
Carlos Cervantes,
Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle,
Jesús Silva-Sánchez,
Ulises Garza–Ramos,
Angelina Villası́s-Keever,
Arturo GalindoFraga,
Guillermo M. Ruiz Palacios,
Alfredo PoncedeLeón,
José SifuentesOsornio
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.008
Subject(s) - cefotaxime , klebsiella pneumoniae , bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , molecular epidemiology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , cephalosporin , epidemiology , drug resistance , medicine , biology , antibiotics , escherichia coli , genotype , genetics , gene
To study the prevalence, risk factors, outcome, and molecular epidemiology in patients with bacteremia caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) (cases), in comparison with patients with bacteremia caused by a susceptible Kp (controls).
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