Observation on integron carriage among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-210

  Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Sen, M R ^a   Prakash, P ^a   Gaur, A ^a   Anupurba, S ^a   Nath, G ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamase; integron; Klebsiella

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; CEFALEXIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; INTEGRASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77955117201     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.66472     Document Type: Article

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