Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in León, Nicaragua

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-387

  Amaya, Erick ^a,b   Caceres, Mercedes ^b   Fang, Hong ^a   Ramirez, Angel Torres ^c   Palmgren, Ann Cathrin ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^a   Weintraub, Andrej ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c Hospital Escuela Dr Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello (HEODRA)   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NICARAGUA;

EID: 61449132313     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.10.004     Document Type: Letter

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