The spread and acquisition of NDM-1: A multifactorial problem

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-115

  Wailan, Alexander M ^a   Paterson, David L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^d Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention   (Australia)

Author keywords

community; genetic mobilization; medical tourism; NDM 1; nosocomial; plasmid; polymyxins; Tn125; transmission routes; transposition

Indexed keywords

AVIBACTAM; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE NDM 1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLONE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TRAVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893045648     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.856756     Document Type: Review

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