Extended-spectrum β-lactamases in enterobacteriaceae: Related to age and gender

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 363-366

  Shah, A A ^a   Hasan, F ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Hameed, A ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036653606     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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