Differential between multi-drug resistance pattern of extended spectrum b- Lactamases producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae

• Main Authors: Ghafourian, Sobhan, Soheili, Sara, Aboualigalehdari, Elham, Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda, Mohebi, Reza, Maleki, Abbas, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Hosseini, Shiva, Sekawi, Zamberi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oriental Scientific Publishing Company 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37105/1/Differential%20between%20multi.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37105/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of Extended-Spectrum b-Lactamases (ESBLs) in Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) strains isolated from patients with Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), to study the association between presence of ESBL enzyme and mult...