Trends in antibiotic resistance among major bacterial pathogens isolated from blood cultures tested at a large private laboratory network in India, 2008–2014
Author(s) -
Sumanth Gandra,
Nestor Mojica,
Eili Klein,
Ashvin Ashok,
Vidya Nerurkar,
Mamta Kumari,
Uma Ramesh,
Sunanda Dey,
Viral Vadwai,
Bibhu R. Das,
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.002
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , linezolid , antibiotics , colistin , acinetobacter , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , bacteremia , acinetobacter baumannii , drug resistance , antimicrobial , pseudomonas aeruginosa , vancomycin , biology , bacteria , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , gene
There have been no long-term studies on trends in antibiotic resistance (ABR) on a national scale in India. Using a private laboratory network, the ABR patterns of organisms most commonly associated with bacteremia, obtained from patients across India between 2008 and 2014, were examined.
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