Emergence of NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;77(4):382-4. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 14.

Authors

Panagiota Giakkoupi¹, Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou, Flora Kontopidou, Paraskevi Tsonou, Tina Golegou, Helen Souki, Leonidas Tzouvelekis, Vivi Miriagou, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 24135413
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.001

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
Conjugation, Genetic
Greece / epidemiology
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Transformation, Bacterial
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

beta-Lactamases