Prevalence and Risk Factors of Metallo β-lactamase Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species in Burns and Surgical Wards in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Metallo β-lactamase Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species in Burns and Surgical Wards in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Introduction: The production of Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) is one of the resistance mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species. There is not much Indian data on the prevalence of MBLs in burns and surgical wards. Materials and Methods: A total of 145 non-duplicate iso...

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Main Authors: Simit H Kumar, Anuradha S De, Sujata M Baveja, Madhuri A Gore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
burns and surgical wards
metallo-β-lactamase producers
risk factors
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.98670

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