Current epidemiology and growing resistance of Gram-negative pathogens

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-142

  Livermore, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lactamase; Acinetobacter; Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaceae; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KOREA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84862868998     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.2.128     Document Type: Review

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