Article
beta-Lactam resistance in gram-negative bacteria: global trends and clinical impact.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Nov 1992
Sanders C C, Sanders W E
Abstract excerpt
Microbial drug resistance is an inescapable consequence of the utilization of antimicrobial agents in a given environment. Nowhere is the importance of resistance more evident than among agents of the beta-lactam family. Trends toward increased resistance can be seen among fastidious gram-negativ...
Topics
- Ampicillin Resistance
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Cross Infection
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Enzyme Induction
- Escherichia coli
- Global Health
- Gram-Negative Bacteria
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Humans
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mutation
- Neisseria
- Prevalence
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Xanthomonas
- beta-Lactamases