Frequency of extended spectrum beta-lactamase and resistance to antibiotics in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary cultures

Frequency of extended spectrum beta-lactamase and resistance to antibiotics in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary cultures

Objectives: Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), are enzymes which can hydrolise cephalosporins and monobactams and usually responsible for resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in Gram negative bacilli. The presence of ESBL in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine samples in a State Hos...

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Main Authors: Alicem Tekin, Erkan Yula, Özcan Deveci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2010-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
Subjects:
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase
Escherichia coli
antimicrobials
resistance
Online Access:http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/3/JCEI-00631.pdf

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