Title of article
ESBL Producing Klebsiella pnumoniae Isolates Recovered from Clinical Cases in Tehran, Iran
Author/Authors
Mirzaee, Mehrnaz Department of Microbiology - Faculty of Advanced Sciences & Technology - Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch - Islamic Azad University - Tehran, Iran , Ranjbar, Reza Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Mirzaie, Amir Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Pages
2
From page
1298
To page
1299
Abstract
Klebsiella species are considered as the most im-portant bacterial organisms causing more than 10% of in-hospital nosocomial infections. K. pneumoniae is known to be responsible for a ma-jority rates of community-acquired urinary tract infections (1,2). Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing K. pneumoniae is most common infectious pathogen in hospitals and is mainly responsible for pneu-monia, urinary tract infections, septicemia, and wound infections (2-4).
Keywords
Klebsiella , Iran , Tehran , ESBL
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Serial Year
2021
Record number
2714561
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