Extended-spectrum β-lactamases: A clinical update

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 657-686

  Paterson, David L ^a,c   Bonomo, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Falk Medical Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PLASMID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHV1 GENE; STANDARD; TEM1 GENE; TEM2 GENE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 27144490073     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.18.4.657-686.2005     Document Type: Review

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