AmpC β-lactamase producing multidrug resistant strains of Klebsiella spp. & Escherichia coli isolated from children under five in Chennai

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 117, Issue JAN., 2003, Pages 13-18

  Subha, A ^a   Devi, V Renuka ^a   Ananthan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

AmpC lactamase; Cefoxitin; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella spp.; Multidrug resistance; Third generation cephalosporins (3GC)

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFALORIDINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFUSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 0038016623     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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