Open AccessFirst description of methyltransferases in extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Baha Abdalhamid,
Nasreldin Elhadi,
Samar Albunayan,
Khaldoon Alsamman,
Reem AlJindan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000480
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , intergenic region , drug resistance , methyltransferase , genetics , gene , escherichia coli , genome , methylation
The resistance determinants for carbapenems, fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides were characterized in 16 extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (XDRKPN) strains collected from Saudi hospitals during 2014.
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