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
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
