New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase and OXA-48 carbapenemases in gram-negative bacilli isolates in Libya

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kraiem, Abdulmajeed G ^a   Zorgani, Abdulaziz ^b   Elahmer, Omar ^c   Hammami, Adnene ^d   Chaaben, Basma M ^d   Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^e  

^a Postgradaute Academy   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c National Centre of Disease Control   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e El Nakheel Compound   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 48; CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M GENE; BLAGES GENE; BLANDM GENE; BLAOXA 48 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VERY ELDERLY; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84940513871     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v10.29206     Document Type: Letter

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