Clinical laboratory detection of AmpC β-lactamase: Does it affect patient outcome?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-576

  Rand, Kenneth H ^a   Turner, Bradley ^a   Seifert, Hilary ^a   Hansen, Christine ^b   Johnson, Judith A ^a,c   Zimmer, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Emerging Pathogens Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

AmpC lactamase; Bacteremia outcome; EDTA disk test; Modified Hodge test

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE AMPC;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDTA DISK TEST; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER AMNIGENUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED HODGE TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954598457     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP7VD0NMAMQCWA     Document Type: Article

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