Dissemination of NDM-1 positive bacteria in the New Delhi environment and its implications for human health: An environmental point prevalence study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Walsh, Timothy R ^a,b   Weeks, Janis ^a   Livermore, David M ^c   Toleman, Mark A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DRINKING WATER; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PROTEIN NDM 1; TAP WATER; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONADACEAE; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SHIGELLA BOYDII; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INDIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79955468462     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70059-7     Document Type: Article

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