Detection of ESBLs using third and fourth generation cephalosporins in double disc synergy test

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-487

  Gupta, Varsha ^a   Singla, Nidhi ^a   Chander, Jagdish ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISK DIFFUSION; DOUBLE DISC SYNERGY TEST; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PUS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43049178504     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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