The first NDM metallo-β-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate in a University Hospital of Southwestern Greece

J Chemother. 2016 Aug;28(4):350-1. doi: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000003. Epub 2016 May 27.

Authors

Aikaterini Spyropoulou¹, Christina Bartzavali¹, Sophia Vamvakopoulou¹, Markos Marangos², Evangelos D Anastassiou¹, Iris Spiliopoulou¹, Myrto Christofidou¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine , University of Patras , University Campus, Patras , Greece.
² b Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine , University of Patras , University Campus, Patras , Greece.

PMID: 25671611
DOI: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000003

No abstract available

Keywords: Clone; Infection; K. pneumoniae; NDM-positive.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / microbiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Greece
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Male
beta-Lactamases / genetics
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

beta-Lactamases