Prevalence and Characterization of Carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and to characterize the carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli by various phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods, and its performance was compared to the gold standard genotypic method. The prevalence of carbapenemase-resist...

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Autores principales: Govindaswamy, Aishwarya, Bajpai, Vijeta, Khurana, Surbhi, Batra, Priyam, Mathur, Purva, Malhotra, Rajesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
Materias:
Microbiology Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31543655
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_68_18
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and to characterize the carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli by various phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods, and its performance was compared to the gold standard genotypic method. The prevalence of carbapenemase-resistant E. coli was found to be 65%. The phenotypic methods evaluated are cost-effective and can be used in resource-limited laboratories to rule out carbapenem resistance.

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