New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1): An Emerging Threat Among Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 685-687

  Hsueh, Po Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78249258127     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60111-8     Document Type: Article

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