Comparison of screening methods for detection of extended-spectrum β- lactamases and their prevalence among blood isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in a Belgian teaching hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2191-2197

  Vercauteren, Eddy ^a   Descheemaeker, Patrick ^a   Ieven, Margaretha ^a   Sanders, Christine C ^b   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030807621     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2191-2197.1997     Document Type: Article

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