Detection of the plasmid-mediated KPC-2 carbapenem-hydrolysing enzyme in three unusual species of the Enterobacteriaceae family in Israel

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Mar;68(3):719-20. doi: 10.1093/jac/dks443. Epub 2012 Nov 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Israel
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase