characteristics of CTX-M ESBL-producing escherichia coli isolates from the lao people's democratic republic, 2004-09

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 240-241

  Stoesser, Nicole ^a,b,c,d   Crook, Derrick W ^c,d   Moore, Catrin E ^a,b   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone ^a,b   Chansamouth, Vilada ^a   Newton, Paul N ^a,b,c   Jones, Nicola ^a,c  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamases; Laos; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LAOS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SECRETION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAOS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84859203507     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr434     Document Type: Letter

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