New Delhi metallo-betalactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in an Australian child who had not travelled overseas

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 386-

  Blyth, Christopher C ^a   Pereira, Lynette ^b   Goire, Namraj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COUGHING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84903756057     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.11053     Document Type: Letter

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