Mettallo-β-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hospital from a rural area

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 701-703

  Mendiratta, D K ^a   Deotale, Vijayshri ^a   Narang, Pratibha ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HOSPITAL; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMIKACIN; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; IMIPENEM; INDIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20544458061     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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