Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from hospitals in Lithuania

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Oct;59(Pt 10):1263-1265. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.021972-0. Epub 2010 Jun 24.

Authors

Vaida Šeputienė¹, Marius Linkevičius¹, Aurelija Bogdaitė¹, Justas Povilonis¹, Rita Plančiūnienė², Agnė Giedraitienė², Alvydas Pavilonis², Edita Sužiedėlienė¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
² Department of Microbiology, Kaunas University of Medicine, A. Mickevičiaus 9, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania.

PMID: 20576750
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021972-0

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Escherichia coli / classification
Escherichia coli / enzymology*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Genotype
Hospitals
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Lithuania
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
beta-Lactamases