International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 584-586 , June 2010

First description of Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates carrying both qnrA and qnrB genes in Portugal

  • Sónia Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, CESAM, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
    • School of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    • Hospital Infante D. Pedro EPE, 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Mark Toleman

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    • ,
  • Elmano Ramalheira

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infante D. Pedro EPE, 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Gabriela J. Da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Coimbra, Health Sciences Campus, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
    • ,
  • Timothy Walsh

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    • ,
  • Sónia Mendo

      Affiliations

    • University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, CESAM, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: CESAM & Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Tel.: +351 234 370 970; fax: +351 234 372 587.

Received 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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☆ This work was presented in part at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), 25–28 October 2008, Washington DC.

PII: S0924-8579(10)00064-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.01.019

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 584-586 , June 2010

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