Prevalence of metallo-[beta]-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit: A report from tertiary care hospital from western India

Prevalence of metallo-[beta]-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit: A report from tertiary care hospital from western India

Twenty resistant isolates showed a significant enhancement in zone size with the EDTA impregnated discs as well as a four-fold reduction in MIC with imipenem EDTA. [...]40.8% isolates of imipenem resistant P. aeruginosa were found to be MBL producers.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of laboratory physicians 2013-07, Vol.5 (2), p.142
Hauptverfasser: Muley, Vrishali, Ghadage, Dnyaneshwari, Bhore, Arvind
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Bacteriology
Beta lactamases
Intensive care
Medical research
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Zusammenfassung:Twenty resistant isolates showed a significant enhancement in zone size with the EDTA impregnated discs as well as a four-fold reduction in MIC with imipenem EDTA. [...]40.8% isolates of imipenem resistant P. aeruginosa were found to be MBL producers.
ISSN:0974-2727
0974-7826
DOI:10.4103/0974-2727.119868