Learning from an outbreak: ESBL - The essential points

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-257

  Shanmuganathan, C ^a   Ananthakrishnan, A ^a   Jayakeerthi, S R ^a   Kanungo, R ^b   Kumar, A ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Badrinath, S ^a  

^a Jawaharlal Institute   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum beta lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 6944228990     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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