Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Central African Republic [5]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 863-865

  Frank, Thierry ^a   Arlet, Guillaume ^b,c   Gautier, Valerie ^b   Talarmin, Antoine ^a   Bercion, Raymond ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33646539481     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1205.050951     Document Type: Letter

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