Prevalence of faecal carriage of NDM-1-producing bacteria among patients with diarrhoea in Bangladesh

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 4, 2014, Pages 620-622

  Islam, Mohammad Aminul ^a   Nabi, Ashikun ^a   Rahman, Mahdia ^a   Islam, Moydul ^a   Ahmed, Dilruba ^a   Faruque, Abu Syed Golam ^a   Hossain, Anowar ^a   van Belkum, Alex ^b,c   Endtz, Hubert P ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Fondation Merieux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PANTOEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA;

BANGLADESH; BETA-LACTAMASES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84897899744     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.064527-0     Document Type: Letter

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