Characterization of Piperacillin/Tazobactam-Resistant Klebsiella oxytoca Recovered from a Nosocomial Outbreak.

Characterization of Piperacillin/Tazobactam-Resistant Klebsiella oxytoca Recovered from a Nosocomial Outbreak.

We characterized 12 clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca with the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype (high minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] values of ceftriaxone) recovered over 9 months at a university hospital in Japan. To determine the clonality of the isolates, we used pulse...

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Main Authors: Ai Fujita, Kouji Kimura, Satoru Yokoyama, Wanchun Jin, Jun-Ichi Wachino, Keiko Yamada, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo, Yoshichika Arakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4634934?pdf=render

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