New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-mediated carbapenem resistance: Origin, diagnosis, treatment and public health concern

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1969-1976

  Wei, Wen Juan ^a   Yang, Hai Fei ^a   Ye, Ying ^a,b   Li, Jia Bin ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Center for Surveillance of Bacterial Resistance   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Carbapenem resistance; Drug resistance; New Delhi metallo lactamase

Indexed keywords

AVIBACTAM; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; FOSFOMYCIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; POLYMYXIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; VIBRIONACEAE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84937003896     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.160566     Document Type: Review

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