Dissemination of the New Delhi metallo-b-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) among Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary referral hospital in north India

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1646-1647

  Seema, Kumari ^a   Sen, Malay Ranjan ^a   Upadhyay, Supriya ^a   Bhattacharjee, Amitabha ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Integrons; NDM

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; EDETIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CITROBACTER; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958776851     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr180     Document Type: Letter

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