Detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing strains of {Escherichia coli) and {Klebsiella sp.) in a tertiary health centre in Ogun state

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 62-64

  Olowe, O A ^a   Aboderin, B W ^b  

^a Ladoke Akmtola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Osogbo   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appropriate; Clinical failure; ESBL; Infection; Nosocomial spread

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77957362143     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijtmed.2010.62.64     Document Type: Article

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