STUDY OF AN OUTBREAK OF CEFOXITIN-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE IN A GENERAL-HOSPITAL

Authors
GAZOULI M KAUFMANN ME TZELEPI E DIMOPOULOU H PANIARA O TZOUVELEKIS LS
Citation
M. Gazouli et al., STUDY OF AN OUTBREAK OF CEFOXITIN-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE IN A GENERAL-HOSPITAL, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(2), 1997, pp. 508-510
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
508 - 510
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:2<508:SOAOOC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
During a 3-month period, six Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to cefoxitin and penicillin-inhibitor combinations were derived from p atients in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Athens, Greece. En terobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis provided evidence of the clonal origin of the isolate s. Conventional techniques and ribotyping were inadequate in proving t hat the isolates were related. Resistance was due to a plasmidic class C beta-lactamase.