Sequence analysis of blaCTX-M genes carried by clinically significant Escherichia coli isolates in Kuwait hospitals

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Al Hashem, G ^a   Al Sweih, N ^a   Jamal, W ^a   Rotimi, V O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

blaCTX M; Escherichia coli; Kuwait; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL VARIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953655332     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321242     Document Type: Article

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