Dissemination of NDM-1

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-100

  Hasan, Badrul ^a,b   Drobni, Peter ^d   Drobni, Mirva ^a   Alam, Munirul ^c   Olsen, Björn ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NDM 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SAMPLE; SEWAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84856186169     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70333-4     Document Type: Letter

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