Multi-drug carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection carrying the OXA-48 gene and showing variations in outer membrane protein 36 causing an outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Multi-drug carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection carrying the OXA-48 gene and showing variations in outer membrane protein 36 causing an outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Objectives: To investigate the genes of antibiotic resistance among isolates from the first reported carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) outbreak in a tertiary care hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed on bacterial isolates using...

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Main Authors: Taher uz Zaman, Mohammed Aldrees, Sameera M. Al Johani, Maha Alrodayyan, Faizah A. Aldughashem, Hanan H. Balkhy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
Outer membrane protein
Carbapenem resistance
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015495

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