Survey of CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) among cefotaxime-resistant Serratia marcescens at a medical center in middle Taiwan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Wu, Lii Tzu ^a   Tsou, Mei Fen ^b   Wu, Hwa Jene ^a,c   Chen, Hui En ^d   Chuang, Yin Ching ^d   Yu, Wen Liang ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 2942536009     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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