Carbapenem-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in China and detection of a conjugative plasmid (blaKPC-2 plus qnrB4) and a blaIMP-4 gene

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb;52(2):798-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01185-07. Epub 2007 Dec 17.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Conjugation, Genetic*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli K12 / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli K12 / genetics
  • Female
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae* / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae* / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae* / genetics
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae* / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids*
  • beta-Lactam Resistance / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbapenems
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Qnr protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • beta-lactamase IMP-4
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2
  • beta-Lactamases