Recurrent healthcare-associated community-onset infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing VIM-1 metallo- -lactamase
Author(s) -
Aggeliki Poulou,
Nicholas Spanakis,
Spyros Pournaras,
Vassiliki Pitiriga,
Kyriaki Ranellou,
Fani Markou,
Athanassios Tsakris
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkq363
Subject(s) - ertapenem , integron , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , meropenem , imipenem , agar dilution , carbapenem , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , doripenem , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , genotype , escherichia coli , minimum inhibitory concentration , gene , biochemistry
To investigate the extrahospital dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and the mechanisms of acquired resistance.
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