Prevalence and clinical burden of NDM-1 positive infections in pediatric and neonatal patients in Pakistan

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 452-454

  Qamar, Muhammad Usman ^a   Nahid, Fouzia ^a   Walsh, Timothy R ^b   Kamran, Rubina ^c   Zahra, Rabaab ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

carbapenem resistance; NDM 1; neonates; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENDER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE STRAIN; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; CASE REPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937551383     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000582     Document Type: Article

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