Author/Editor		Meško-Meglič, K; Koren, S; Palepou, MFI; Karisik, E; Livermore, DM; Pike, R; Andlovic, A; Jeverica, S; Križan-Hergouth, V; Muller-Premru, M; Seme, K; Woodford, N; Tomič, Viktorija
Title		Nationwide survey of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Slovenian hospitals
Type		članek
Source		Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Vol. and No.		Letnik 53, št. 1
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 287-91
Language		eng
Abstract		Among 177 extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates collected from 11 Slovenian hospitals in 2005 and 2006, 60 (34%), from eight hospitals, harbored genes for CTX-M enzymes, with blaCTX-M-15 detected by sequencing. These 60 isolates comprised 11 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-defined strains, with several clusters of closely related isolates. Plasmids encoding CTX-M-15 enzyme were highly transmissible.
Descriptors		KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE BETA-LACTAMASES HOSPITALIZATION PLASMIDS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD