… From April 2000 to April 2001, 24 patients in intensive care units at Tisch Hospital, New
York, NY, were infected or colonized by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Pulsed-…

… Klebsiella pneumoniae porin genes were analyzed to detect mutations accounting for the
porin deficiency observed in many β-lactam-resistant strains. PCR and Southern blot analysis …

… of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) among clinical isolates of Klebsiella
pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, … TEM-1, TEM-116, and SHV-12 showed a high prevalence in K. …

… and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing plasmid-mediated class C β-lactamases, …
from those producing other classes of β-lactamases, such as ESBLs and MBLs. These methods …

… nosocomial isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae collected from 28 Russian
hospitals were screened for production of extended-spectrumβ -lactamases (ESBLs). The …

… Twenty-four klebsiella clinical isolates (22 of Klebsiella pneumoniae and 2 of Klebsiella
oxytoca) were collected in 1996 from different patients in the neonatal ward and in the Pediatric …

… A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain resistant to oxyimino cephalosporins was cultured from
respiratory secretions of a patient suffering from nosocomial pneumonia in … a β-lactamase with an …

… Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major human pathogen responsible for high morbidity and …
To develop new therapeutic strategies for K. pneumoniae, it is imperative to understand the …

… Methodology: The combination disk synergy test was used to evaluate 202 consecutive
non-repeated Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumonia) strains for ESBL production. The strains …

… infections caused by Klebsiellapneumoniae producing an extended spectrum betalactamase.
All the strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in our hospital were of a particular …