Epidemiology of extended spectrum β-lactamases in Serratia and Citrobacter species in North India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-194

  Rizvi, Meher ^a   Fatima, Nazish ^a   Shukla, Indu ^a   Malik, Abida ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFIXIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77749309635     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.59237     Document Type: Letter

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