High prevalence of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae among inpatients and outpatients with urinary tract infection in Southern India

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1393-1394

  Muzaheed, ^a,b   Doi, Yohei ^b   Adams Haduch, Jennifer M ^b   Endimiani, Andrea ^b   Sidjabat, Hanna E ^b   Gaddad, Subhaschandra M ^a   Paterson, David L ^b,c  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

lactams; Antimicrobial resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; Resistance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTPATIENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 44449137424     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn109     Document Type: Letter

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