Emergence of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in China

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1553-1555

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Lai, Eileen L ^a   Chiu, Susan S ^a   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Carbapenemases; Cefotaximases; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NITROFURANTOIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHINA; COUGHING; EMPORIATRICS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHINA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84861141586     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks095     Document Type: Letter

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