Emergence of extended-spectrum-AmpC-expressing Escherichia coli isolates in Belgian hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1073-1075

  Bogaerts, Pierre ^a   Rodriguez Villalobos, Hector ^b   Laurent, Christine ^a   Deplano, Ariane ^b   Struelens, Marc J ^b   Glupczynski, Youri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AmpC lactamases; Cephalosporin resistance; ESAC; Extended spectrum cephalosporinase

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BELGIUM; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 64649096526     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp046     Document Type: Letter

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