Worldwide spread of NDM-1: Are migratory birds culprits?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-121

  Khan, Asad U ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Migratory birds; NDM 1

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; HYDROLASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 12; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 2; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIRD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSMISSION;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIRDS; DISEASE VECTORS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84921271007     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5294     Document Type: Letter

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