Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteriaceae: Considerations for diagnosis, prevention and drug treatment

Drugs

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-365

  Rupp, Mark E ^a,b   Fey, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INHIBITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SPECTRUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0037282428     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200363040-00002     Document Type: Review

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