New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 752-

  de Costa, Ayesha ^a   Mavalankar, Dileep ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDIA; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78049408346     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70244-9     Document Type: Letter

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