ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: Antibiotic susceptibility and prevalence of blaSHV and blaTEM

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1016-1019

  Alsultan, Abdulrahman A ^a   Aboulmagd, Elsayed ^a,b   Amin, Tarek T ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; BlaSHV; BlaTEM; E. coli; ESBL; K. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84890497390     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3764     Document Type: Letter

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