Novel KPC variant from a carbapenem-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Oct;32(10):1050-2. doi: 10.1086/662021.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carbapenems / therapeutic use
  • China
  • DNA Primers
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
  • Klebsiella Infections / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • beta-Lactamases / drug effects
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Carbapenems
  • DNA Primers
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2, Klebsiella pneumoniae