Prevalence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1)-positive bacteria in a tertiary care centre in Pune, India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-266

  Bharadwaj, Renu ^a   Joshi, Suvarna ^a   Dohe, Vaishali ^a   Gaikwad, Vaishali ^a   Kulkarni, Girish ^b   Shouche, Yogesh ^b  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NDM 1 PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA GENE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857045587     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.09.027     Document Type: Letter

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