High prevalence of co-expression of newer β-lactamases (ESBLs, Amp-C-β-lactamases, and metallo-β-lactamases) in gram-negative bacilli

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-268

  Chatterjee, S S ^a   Karmacharya, R ^a   Madhup, S K ^a   Gautam, V ^a   Das, A ^a   Ray, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; SEROPREVALENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77955120431     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.66479     Document Type: Letter

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