The first case of multidrug-resistant NDM-1-harboring enterobacteriaceae in Taiwan: Here comes the superbacteria!

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 557-558

  Huo, Teh Ia ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATIENT MONITORING; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; TAIWAN;

EID: 78549271442     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70121-0     Document Type: Editorial

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