The Emergence of Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria - Are We Entering the Post-antibiotic Era?

European Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-21

  Kluytmans, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamase (ESBL); Resistant gram negative bacteria

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL TOURISM; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84865292576     PISSN: 17551137     EISSN: 17551145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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