Global spread of antibiotic resistance: The example of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-mediated carbapenem resistance

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART4, 2013, Pages 499-513

  Johnson, Alan P ^a   Woodford, Neil ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SHIGELLA BOYDII; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84875181975     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.052555-0     Document Type: Review

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