| Literature DB >> 22078906 |
Norifumi Shigemoto1, Ryuichi Kuwahara, Shizuo Kayama, Wataru Shimizu, Makoto Onodera, Michiya Yokozaki, Junzo Hisatsune, Fuminori Kato, Hiroki Ohge, Motoyuki Sugai.
Abstract
We identified 5 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates showing high resistance to β-lactams except imipenem and designated them ISMRK (imipenem-susceptible but meropenem-resistant Klebsiella). They carried the bla(IMP-6) and bla(CTX-M-2) on a self-transmissible plasmid. ISMRK may be falsely categorized as susceptible to carbapenems if imipenem is used to screen carbapenem resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22078906 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.09.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803