Plasmid-encoded carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase OXA-48 in an imipenem-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae strain from Belgium

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Sep;52(9):3463-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00543-08. Epub 2008 Jul 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Belgium
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / pharmacology*
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism
  • beta-Lactams / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactams
  • Imipenem
  • beta-Lactamases
  • oxacillinase