Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-type SHV-12-producing Enterobacteriaceae causing septicemia in Tanzanian children: vectors for horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-354

  Tellevik, Marit Gjerde ^a,b   Sollid, Johanna Ericson ^c   Blomberg, Bjørn ^a,b   Jureen, Roland ^b   Urassa, Willy K ^d   Langeland, Nina ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimicrobial resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL; Plasmid; SHV 12

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TANZANIA;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 35548995498     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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