Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Greece

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb;52(2):796-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01180-07. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
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Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology*
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / standards
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • beta-Lactam Resistance / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism
  • beta-Lactams / metabolism*
  • beta-Lactams / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactams
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2
  • beta-Lactamases