Antibiotic resistance and plasmid transfer capacity in biofilm formed with a CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate | Zendy

C. Hennequin | Zendy; C. Auméran | Zendy; Frédéric Robin | Zendy; Ousmane Traoré | Zendy; Christiane Forestier | Zendy

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Antibiotic resistance and plasmid transfer capacity in biofilm formed with a CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate

Author(s) -

C. Hennequin,

C. Auméran,

Frédéric Robin,

Ousmane Traoré,

Christiane Forestier

Publication year - 2012

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/dks169

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella pneumoniae , plasmid , cefotaxime , biofilm , virulence , antibiotic resistance , biology , antibiotics , ciprofloxacin , bacteria , escherichia coli , gene , genetics

To characterize a CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate that was identified during an outbreak involving 16 patients who had undergone endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography between December 2008 and August 2009. The strain was also detected in one endoscope used for these examinations.

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